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20 January, 2023
In Davos, the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine assured that private property in Ukraine is inviolable.

Private property in Ukraine is inviolable. The only reason several enterprises were seized and transferred into state ownership in November 2022 under martial law provision was their threat to national security. In particular, Motor Sich supplied engines to Russia. 

Rostyslav Shurma, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, claimed this during the World Economic Forum in Davos.

“The only reason martial law provisions were applied to certain companies was the significant risk to national security. The matter is highly transparent, and there is no need to speculate on the martial law provisions: they shall be applied only if there is a risk to national security,” Interfax-Ukraine quoted the public officer.

NAKO has repeatedly drawn attention to the threat to the national security of Ukraine due to Russian agents influencing the operations of certain strategic enterprises. Olena Tregub, Executive Director, NAKO, recalled her public statements that Viacheslav Bohuslaiev, the Motor Sich owner, advocated the interests of Russia and also those in favour of the enterprise nationalisation.

Moreover, the state itself, its law enforcement agencies, and other institutions took few truly decisive measures to prohibit the activities of such persons or were slow with that.  

“Unfortunately, this evidences how corrupt public officers and Russian agents have intertwined into a single network. And such people are still in politics, the defence industry, and other sectors. This indicates that corruption plays into the hands of Russia, which is interested in as many corrupt public officers as possible among us, who also act as Russian agents of influence,” said Olena Tregub in her interview given to the “We are Ukraine” TV channel.

As a reminder, on November 5, 2022, the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief decided to seize shares of Motor Sich, Ukrnafta, Ukrtatnafta (except for the share owned by Naftogaz of Ukraine), AvtoKrAZ, and Zaporizhtransformator and transfer them to the state ownership for the duration of martial law. The decision was implemented on November 6 when the procedure was carried out by the National Securities and Stock Market Commission.