The head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chizhikov, was searched allegedly because of annexed Crimean property.

Gennady Chizhikov

Gennady Chizhikov

On February 10, 2016, according to the decision of the Pechersky District Court of the capital, prosecutors conducted a search of the apartment of the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Gennady Chizhikov.

According to the court's ruling, Chizhikov is accused of failing to protect the property of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry during the annexation of Crimea. This was reported by the UP newspaper, which has obtained the court's ruling.

It is known that during the pre-trial investigation, one of the persons questioned indicated that the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chizhikov, did not take any action to defend the interests of the Sevastopol and Simferopol Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

The court granted the prosecutor's office permission to search Chizhikov's home to find evidence of embezzlement of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry's assets. No evidence of a crime was reportedly found during the search, and only flash drives containing family photos were seized from the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry's apartment. Gennady Chizhikov himself was on a business trip at the time of the search.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry told journalists that the allegations of embezzlement are fictitious, as the Chamber has no administrative influence over the activities of Crimean Chambers of Commerce and Industry. According to law, the Crimean Chambers of Commerce and Industry are independent legal entities.

Previously, in a column for UP, journalist Pavel Sheremet wrote about attempts to remove Chizhikov from his position as head of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry through intimidation and corporate raiding. According to the journalist, former MP Oleksandr Dubovoy and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Vitaliy Kovalchuk were involved in these law enforcement actions.

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