Alexander Yanukovych
Oleksandr Yanukovych's managers plan to sell stolen coal from the Donbas to the Ukrainian government, according to the website Versions.
Oleksandr Yanukovych's top manager, Serhiy Kuzyara, along with a group of lobbyists, organized a scheme to sell stolen coal from the Donbas. According to this scheme, coal currently mined in territories controlled by the DPR and LPR and exported to Russia would be purchased by Ukrainian companies through the Cypriot company Neocar.
Today, a group of lobbyists, including Sergei Kuzyara, Viktor Medvedchuk, Konstantin Griorishin, and Andriy Tkachenko, are actively trying to implement this scheme under the auspices of officials from the Presidential Administration.
To fully understand the planned criminal scheme, it is necessary to dwell on the composition of the lobbying group in more detail:
Serhiy Kuzyara is a top manager in Oleksandr Yanukovych's business empire and an overseer of the coal industry, a former adviser to the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry during the reign of the Yanukovych "family," and number 25 on the party list of S. Tigipko in the 2014 parliamentary elections. Serhiy Kuzyara's involvement in the coal industry, as well as his work on behalf of Oleksandr Yanukovych, is confirmed by the fact that the Prodaks Coal Company, formally owned by Mr. Kuzyara, also owns the Shakhtarskaya-Gluboka mine, in whose development Vostokuglemash, founded with the participation of the Donbas Settlement and Financial Center association, has invested for many years.
Viktor Medvedchuk is the godfather of Russian President V. Putin and that says it all.
Konstantin Grigorishin is the president of the Energy Standard Group, whose interests include the Ukrainian energy sector. He is believed to own significant stakes in a group of electric grid companies, several machine-building plants, and Ukrrichflot. Media outlets have called him "the leading contender for the role of the founding father of domestic corporate raiding." He is credited with developing a number of business schemes for moving state-owned enterprises offshore. He resides in Moscow.
Andriy Tkachenko is a member of the National Commission, which carries out state regulation of the Ukrainian electricity sector. He was appointed to the commission under a quota from President Petro Poroshenko.
Now let's talk about how the organized group plans to supply coal stolen from Donbass to Ukraine through the seemingly completely "clean" Cypriot company "Neocar."
It's common knowledge that coal mined in the territories controlled by the LPR and DPR is exported to Russia. While purchasing coal from the separatists would certainly be unacceptable for the Ukrainian authorities, the catastrophic coal shortage in Ukraine has forced them to seek ingenious ways to procure their own coal.
Today, Ukraine officially purchases coal of Russian, Ukrainian, and South African origin.
The main conditions when concluding contracts for the supply of coal to energy facilities are: price, energy value, terms of delivery and payment.
Thus, the base price for Russian coal supplies is currently set at $80 per ton, with an energy value of 6000 kcal/kg. Meanwhile, Ukrainian coal, with an energy value of 5400 kcal/kg, is purchased at approximately UAH 900 per ton.
In September, Neocar sent out an offer to energy companies for the supply of coal of the same Russian origin, but at a price of 86 US dollars and with an energy value several times lower, namely 5400 kcal/kg.
It should be noted that the market price of coal with an energy value of 5500 kcal/kg is no more than $63 per ton. Therefore, the overpricing per ton of coal is approximately $17 per ton. Considering that one thermal power plant consumes approximately 300 tons per month, Neocar's overpayment for coal amounts to over $5 million per month, and this is only based on the purchase price for one thermal power plant.
In addition, the specifications for the specified coal indicated maximum ash values of 40% (with a permissible value of up to 28%) and a yield of light substances of up to 21% (with a permissible value of up to 18%).
After conducting their calculations, Ukrainian companies refused to purchase coal from Neocar. Then, a group of lobbyists, sensing billions of dollars in profits slipping through their fingers, took more stringent measures.
Thus, pressure was exerted on Ukrainian energy companies through the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry. However, according to our information, and confirmed by the Presidential Administration, Minister Yuriy Prodan refused to lobby for Neocar's interests due to the obvious criminal nature of the lobbyists' scheme. After all, the purchase calculations for the coal in question and the obvious price inflated prices could become the subject of a pre-trial investigation by law enforcement agencies at any moment. Moreover, given the penchant of each new government for political persecution of its predecessors, such a development is far from elusive.
However, the "family's" organized lobby group didn't stop there. Active negotiations regarding the sale of this coal in Ukraine are currently underway within the Presidential Administration. The leading role in these negotiations has been given to Andriy Tkachenko, who has become the link between President Petro Poroshenko and the de facto pro-Russian group led by Oleksandr Yanukovych's top manager, Serhiy Kuzyara.
According to our sources in the Presidential Administration, President Petro Poroshenko meets with Andriy Tkachenko several times a week to discuss the action plan for coal sales from Russia. Furthermore, at the last meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, the President raised this issue, ordering the immediate elimination of all possible obstacles to the sale of Russian coal to Neocar.
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