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Former council member won’t return to Cherkasy a room rented for pennies that houses his media business
The public organization “Center for Media Initiatives” did not return to the Cherkasy City Council a leased premises of 190 sq m and did not pay rent for it for 2015 year.
This is reported by Oleksandr Bezprozvannyi on the Kropyva website.
In 2000 year the City Council leased to the “Center for Media Initiatives” a non-residential premises with a total area of 190 sq m for housing this public organization and the editorial office of the Antenna newspaper. The building is located in the city center on Shevchenko Boulevard 220.
At the end of 2011 the Commercial Court of the region terminated the lease agreement; the Higher Commercial Court of Ukraine upheld this decision. In 2012 year the Department of Economics and Development of the City Council applied to the Commercial Court of the region for the “Center for Media Initiatives” to return the real estate. The court granted the claim, and the appeal court upheld this decision in 2013.
After that, the enterprise association of citizens (EAC) “Editorial Office of the Antena Newspaper” attempted through the Commercial Court of the region to have a lease agreement for this premises recognized as concluded with the city council department without a competition, on the terms established for budgetary institutions.
The lawsuit was filed after the Department of Economics posted an announcement of its intent to lease the premises by competitive tender. The court rejected Antena’s claim, and on 20 January 2016 the Kyiv Commercial Court of Appeal left the newspaper’s appeal without satisfaction.
In its response to the outlet’s request, the Department of Economics and Development of the City Council stated that as of 2 February this year the “Center for Media Initiatives” still had not returned the premises. Officials also noted that the public organization and the newspaper continue to occupy municipal property without legal grounds.
Furthermore, according to the department, over 15 years of using the premises the “Center for Media Initiatives” paid only 5322 UAH, and in 2015 year the city did not receive a single kopek from the public organization.
The outlet reported that currently the editorial office of the Antena TV channel is located in the premises on Shevchenko Boulevard 220. The channel belongs to journalist, political technologist, PR specialist, and former city council member Valeriy Vorotnyk. In the last elections he actively supported the current mayor Anatoliy Bondarenko. Vorotnyk is known for his ongoing criticism of the now-former mayor Serhiy Odarych, who competed with Bondarenko. The latter has headed the regional Batkivshchyna since 2010 year.
From Nashi Hroshi:
The founders of the NGO “Center for Media Initiatives” are Valeriy Vortnyk, Larysa Soroka, and former Cherkasy City Council member Olha Shvets; the organization is registered at Shevchenko Boulevard 220. At the same address in 2013 year the EAC “Editorial Office of the Antena Newspaper” was registered. It was founded by the “Center for Media Initiatives,” its head is Valeriy Vorotnyk. In 2013 year Vorotnyk was an advisor to City Council secretary Viktor Bilousov.
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