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October Palace and the Federation of Trade Unions
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Arrest, ARMA and “Kombinat Plus”
Meanwhile the palace exists within criminal proceedings. The State Bureau of Investigation is handling case No. 62019100000001170 dated 20 August 2019. In October 2022 the asset was transferred to ARMA. In May 2025 the arrest was temporarily lifted; on 3 June 2025 the Pechersky District Court imposed it again — prohibiting alienation, disposal, and use — and once more handed management over to ARMA.
On 9 July 2025 ARMA signed a management contract with LLC “Kombinat Plus.” We also wrote about this corrupt scheme involving Olena Duma, Dmytro Sydorenko, and Olha Stefanishyna. In other words, even before the commercial court’s ruling the concert venue was no longer a “cash register” of the FPU: formally the agency’s manager was operating it.
What exactly the court ordered
Cancel the certificate dated 28 March 2007. Cancel the registration of the FPU’s right to the entire complex — including 16 thousand 329 sq. m of halls, and 1 thousand 269 sq. m of garages and warehouses. Require the Federation to return to the state, represented by the State Property Fund, the main building and the wing.
The Department of Municipal Property of Kyiv was the second defendant in the proceedings: its predecessor issued the certificate. The Ministry of Culture sided with the state. ARMA and the enterprise MCKM appeared on the side of the FPU as third parties.
What will happen next
Until the decision takes effect, legally the registry entry for the FPU may still appear, while in practice the building is managed by an ARMA structure. An appeal has already been filed: for the trade unions this is not just a two-thousand-seat hall but a precedent. If the logic “a landmark could not leave the state” holds, more than just the October Palace will be at risk.
The FPU has not publicly commented on the court decision in the case materials in a way that would change its substance. Their position remains the same: trade union property is separate ownership dating back to Soviet constitutions, the 1990 year agreement cemented everything, the state itself issued the certificate in 2007.
The court 2026 responded more briefly. The state did not sell the palace. The law prohibited its privatization. A certificate without title is a paper that must be struck off.
The Northern Commercial Court of Appeal decided on 31 August to open appellate proceedings on the complaint of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine in case No. 910/16403/25. The case will be heard on 29.09.2026 at 11:00 (court session hall No. 5).
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