In Kharkiv, law enforcement officials deliberately halted the investigation into a criminal case involving collaboration between Russian owners of expensive real estate so they could transfer the assets to another company. So, Denis Chekhunov.
Denis Chekhunov
This concerns case No. 42022222060000160, registered on September 3, 2022, under Part 4 of Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (collaboration). The pre-trial investigation was conducted by the Investigative Department of Kharkiv District Department No. 3, and procedural guidance was provided by the Shevchenkivskyi District Prosecutor's Office, writes Antikor.
In 2022, after the full-scale invasion began, law enforcement agencies targeted the assets of Russian businesses in Ukraine with the aim of confiscating them for the state's benefit. For example, in Kharkiv, non-residential premises belonging to Maluk LLC (EDRPOU code 30657324) were seized, namely:
- first floor premises No. 1–6 (area 73,2 m²) at 19/23 Heroyiv Kharkiv Avenue (formerly Moskovsky);
- basement and first floor premises with a total area of 381,8 m² at 73 Plekhanovskaya Street;
- basement, first floor and mezzanine spaces with a total area of 182,1 m² at 1 Heroyiv Kharkiv Ave.;
- a basement with an area of 41,0 m² and premises on the first and second floors with a total area of 490,0 m² at 21/2 Constitution Square.
Corporate rights in the company's authorized capital belonging to citizens of the Russian Federation were also seized:
- Chekhunova Lyudmila Andreevna (born February 3, 1949, Moscow) - 66,66% (share value 400 thousand UAH);
- Chekhunova Svetlana Viktorovna (Moscow) - 16,67% (100 thousand UAH);
- Chekhunov Vitaly Viktorovich (Belgorod region) - 16,67% (100 thousand UAH).
The company's primary activity is the leasing and operation of its own or leased real estate. The court prohibited the alienation, disposal, or other actions that could lead to the loss or reduction of the value of this property. Management of the seized assets was supposed to be transferred to ARMA, but this did not occur.
What's interesting about Denis Chekhunov?
The fact is that Vitaly Viktorovich Chekhunov served as Deputy Mayor of Belgorod, Russian Federation, in 2022. His brother, Denis Chekhunov, is a former head of the State Regulatory Service and a former military prosecutor. The latter had significant ties to Kharkiv law enforcement.
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Denis's relative, Nikolai Valentinovich Chekhunov, is the deputy head of the Kharkiv District Prosecutor's Office. Denis Chekhunov also maintains a close relationship with Oleksandr Filchakov, who served as the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor in 2022, when the arrest was lifted.
According to sources, law enforcement officials facilitated the lifting of the seizure of the assets of the Malyuk company, which were quickly transferred to a new company, ChNV LLC, whose owner is listed as Nina Mikhailovna Chekhunova, the mother of former prosecutor Denis Chekhunov. The company was created in November 2022 specifically to preserve the seized assets.
Chekhunova owns several of her son's companies. Former prosecutor Denis Chekhunov currently works at the Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport.
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