By Victor Duda
Later, part of the assets were transferred to local management, but "Katren" remained the owner of 24%. "In 2022, the asset was seized — it was supposed to be confiscated and handed over to the state," Lyamets writes. ARMA mandated that a manager be found for this asset through an open tender on Prozorro, emphasizing the prohibition of participation by persons connected to Russians. "On May 6, 2025, the Antimonopoly Committee satisfied the complaint of I. K.
Vel LLC, the very company that challenged the terms of the competition," the journalist notes. He also draws attention to the fact that the beneficiary of this company is the head of "Venta LTD" Oleksandr Voloshyn. This actually allowed these individuals to claim to manage the seized asset, despite ARMA's previous statements about their ties to the Russian Federation. "This is not just a bureaucratic story. This is a test of the state's maturity.
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