The fact that the Constitution of Ukraine and the Water Code guarantee citizens of Ukraine the right to free access to riverbanks, according to politicians and those in power, applies only to them: otherwise, Petro Poroshenko and his associates would hardly have behaved less disdainfully toward citizens. The issue at hand concerns the seizure and blocking of access to water and near-water resources: this pressing issue was raised by journalists from the joint project "Schemes" (Radio Liberty and channel UA:Pershy).
The investigation yielded some rather telling results: for example, the President of Ukraine has snatched up a "dacha" on the Kozinka River, where the fenced-in shoreline alone is over a kilometer long. Tellingly, this site previously housed a recreation center for the Karl Marx Factory (now Roshen), which Poroshenko acquired along with the candy factory. Any attempt to approach this spot by boat and film anything is immediately thwarted: people claiming to be water police categorically forbid approaching the line of red buoys, intimidating media representatives with snipers and security guards.
Remarkably, the Ukrvoddor office claims that no signs were installed on the water and no notice was issued prohibiting approaching the shore in this area. The Kozynka village council, however, is unaware of this. The National Police, however, distinguished itself: in response to reporters' inquiries, it sent two contradictory letters. One of these claims claims there is no water police boat in the area, while the other claims that 24-hour security on the Kozynka River has been in place since March 18, 2016, based on the orders and instructions of the State Security Service and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (from 1999 and 2005) "On Ensuring Public Order" and "Instructions on Ensuring Public Order."
However, when Poroshenko was granted a lease for this property in 2015, it clearly stated: "...to ensure free access for residents to the water body..." Unfortunately, a number of agencies tasked with monitoring violating developers and illegal land use on riverbanks have completely ignored the problems behind the Presidential Palace. This isn't entirely surprising, however: Valeriy Gartik, head of the Kozyn village council, also owns a hayfield registered to his mother (Galina Gartik), which was recently miraculously "transformed" into development land, without permission from the Kyiv Oblast Department of Ecology. And no one "noticed" that some of this land is part of the Kozyn Landscape Reserve of national importance.
What then can we say about birds of a lesser flight? Valentyn Nechyporenko, a member of parliament from Vidrodzhennya, who claims to live solely on the income from keeping livestock (horses, ducks, chickens, rabbits, and the like), received land from the state on a leasehold basis for haymaking. For this land, he pays (that's not a typo!) a whopping 3 (three) hryvnias per month for each hectare of coastal land. Of course, journalists were also prevented from setting foot on the shore by unknown security officials, claiming the shoreline is fortified, it's private property, and access is prohibited. So what if Ukrarchstroy claims no permits for development or shoreline fortification were issued, and the State Administration for Environmental Protection in Kyiv Oblast ordered Nechyporenko in April 2007 to ensure free access to the water for citizens? No way, and that's it!
The former head of the Odessa regional administration, now the head of the Volyn regional council, settled on the banks of the Dnieper. Igor Palitsa. The rather large “hacienda,” according to the documents, belongs to his wife (Oksana Palitsa) to this day, although the official himself claims that it has long been sold: “This is the power of my friends. She sold it in 2011. Let’s sort it out with the president right away so that we have access. other.”
Nestor Shufrych, who wasn't shy about erecting a high fence around himself, was also spotted among the "coastal pirates." However, it's impossible to verify the legality of the land allocation: copies of the permits are simply missing from the relevant authorities. The MP himself denies any wrongdoing: "We haven't moved into that house yet. But we've been deprived of our privacy. Please come. If I don't apologize, our privacy is guaranteed, and anyone can come and use it." However, the documents mean nothing to the "servants of the people": according to the cadastral map, the lands listed as belonging to the palace occupied by Yulia Tymoshenko don't even reach the coastline, but the same unknown security guards will prevent mere mortals from approaching.
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