Back
Automatically translated version. May contain inaccuracies compared to the original.
Billion-hryvnia investments of the State Enterprise Lysy Ukrainy and officials’ crypto scandals: how Bolokhovets, Smal, and Kucher keep forest flows under control
Billion-hryvnia investment programs of the State Enterprise Lysy Ukrainy for 4,1 billion hryvnias in 2026 and 4,3 billion in 2027 did not correspond to the enterprise’s real financial condition, where after all mandatory payments there remained about one billion hryvnias of undistributed profit. This program was presented by former CEO Yurii #Болоховець together with the suspended head #Держлісагентство Viktor #Смаль in order to establish long-term control over procurement.
Despite the Ministry of Economy’s statements about supporting the national manufacturer and purchasing fire-fighting equipment and forestry machinery, the group’s real activity is accompanied by massive losses. 🤷♂️Meanwhile, #ДБР as part of the Green Shield special operation has already notified 12 officials of suspicion for selling timber at loss-making prices in Polissia with losses of nearly 6,9 million hryvnias.
We have long stated that such a well-coordinated system could not function without the participation of the notorious trio Bolokhovets, Smal, and the head of the State Regulatory Service Oleksii #Кучер, who controlled flows from all log trucks and regions. Let us remind you what these notorious officials are known for?
▪️Kucher himself is trying at any cost to re-sign a contract with Economy Minister Kravchenko, despite the scandal over 77 bitcoins worth 13 million hryvnias that disappeared from his declarations without any explanation after an order from NACP.
▪️At the same time, the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court cynically canceled the suspicion against Yurii Bolokhovets in the case of the appropriation of 80 hectares of land due to a 20-second pause in the audio recording of the searches.
▪️Smal himself, in three years as head of the State Forestry Agency, has multiplied his wealth and, together with his wife Yevheniia, purchased assets worth more than 9,6 million hryvnias, including two apartments, a storage room, and a premium Hyundai Tucson at an undervalued price. In addition, his wife owns a house in Saky and an apartment in Sevastopol, which she re-registered under Russian laws during the Crimean occupation and which Smal hides from declaration.
We are systematically dismantling these schemes through official legal mechanisms. Based on our statements and complaints, criminal proceedings have already been opened, including:
🔻No. 42024000000000387 under part 5 of article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine concerning Kucher,
🔻also cases at the Territorial Department of the State Bureau of Investigations in Odesa region No. 72024161020000006 and No. 72025161020000011 under part 1 of article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine concerning Bolokhovets.
We continue to pressure law enforcement and demand a full investigation and punishment of the forest mafia that profits from a state resource.
🎬More details about the schemes of SE “Lysy Ukrainy” are in our video.
Related materials:
▫️13 “disappeared” crypto millions: how the head of the State Regulatory Service Oleksii Kucher is trying to stay in office despite the NACP scandals
▫️Crypto millions of the State Service and forest schemes: how the authorities rescue notorious figures from responsibility
▫️#НАБУ and #САП finally flushed the case on top-level corruption in the forestry sector — against the head of SE “Lysy Ukrainy” #Болоховець
▫️When justice becomes a cover: how the High Anti-Corruption Court legalized the corruption vertical in the forestry sector
▫️The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court has legalized the forest mafia
▫️The forest will be cut the same as before
#новина #міністерства_під_прицілом
TG|FB|YT|TT|INST|WB
Telegram publication
