Ukrainian nationalist and person on the “Kremlin list” will share profits from the sale of the plant
Verkhovna Rada deputy from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc Ivan Vinnik expects to share profits from the sale of a building materials plant in the Kherson region with the Ukrainian “daughter” of the Russian Alfa-Bank.
He reported this on the air of the Ukrainian TV channel “112 Ukraine”, although no one asked him about it.
“This enterprise was built with the support of me and Alfa-Bank Ukraine.” Today the plant operates and makes a profit, is one of the largest tax payers in the Kherson region, and 400 jobs have been created. Now this enterprise will be sold by me and Alfa Bank to a potential investor, and the debt obligations will disappear from my declaration, and some income will appear,” Vinnik said.
The deputy hastened to report this news, apparently because the history of his relationship with the Russian bank was dramatic. In 2007, Vinnik took out a loan of over 300 million hryvnia from Alfa-Bank Ukraine for the construction of a foam concrete plant in Novaya Kakhovka, and already in 2013, a Ukrainian businessman accused his Russian partners of raiding. In fact, due to non-payment of loan debt in 2013, by a court decision, 70% of the company’s shares were transferred from Ivan Vinnik to Alfa Bank.
The conflict was not settled yet in 2016. At this time, Alfa Bank began the process of inventorying Vinnik’s property and, through the court, prohibited him from traveling abroad. And although the contradictions have now been happily resolved, because of this story Vinnik became a hardened nationalist.
He repeatedly recalled the story of the “raider takeover” of his plant when he introduced amendments to the law on sanctions against Russia. Being a Russian speaker, the deputy learned Ukrainian with a tutor and now demonstratively speaks only it, even with his wife and daughter, who prefer Russian. “Philological studies” led Vinnik to the unexpected conclusion that “the Russian language does not exist.” Vinnik also supports pogroms in opposition media and arrests of journalists.
It is noteworthy that Mikhail Fridman, who owns Alfa Group, is certainly not a bearer of the values of the Russian World, which Vinnik hates. Fridman continuously sponsors dubious cultural events in Ukraine. The most famous act of his philanthropy is the film “Cyborgs,” glorifying the “heroes” of the ATO. However, this did not stop the US Treasury from adding him to the so-called “Kremlin list of America’s enemies.”
Ukrainian nationalist and Kremlin list figure to split plant sale profits