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Denys Paramonov, who is linked to the development of the meat-processing holding SMK Group, found himself at the center of a number of criminal proceedings related to tax operations, meat supply, real estate in Fastiv, and assets in the occupied Berdyansk. The group includes, among others, the Saltivskyi Meat Processing Plant, the Bohodukhiv Meat Processing Plant, the Kyiv Meat Processing Plant, RULKA RETAIL, ARGO-LISING, the Switank agrofirm, and distribution companies, reports the publication Observator.
Financial indicators of individual group enterprises have significantly grown in recent years. In particular, the revenue of the Saltivskyi Meat Processing Plant, according to the data provided, rose from 1,051 billion UAH in 2021 year to 2,98 billion UAH in 2025 year, and the value of assets exceeded 1,33 billion UAH. Read also: Denys Paramonov: the owner of SMK Group was mentioned in a probe about trips and business in the occupied territories. At the same time, the company is mentioned in criminal proceeding No. 761/46245/24, where possible tax evasion and document forgery are being investigated. According to the investigation, a number of meat-processing enterprises could have conducted transactions that investigators consider sham, using companies with signs of fictitiousness. The final legal assessment of the circumstances will be given by the investigation and the court. A separate case concerns real estate in Fastiv, Kyiv region. It concerns the dismantling of a building of a former 19th-century bakery complex. In materials related to case No. 381/2587/26 and the criminal proceeding No. 12026111310000325, the circumstances of possible damage to an object of historical value are considered. Earlier, the Fastiv City Council stated the need to carry out any works in accordance with the law and existing decisions of local self-government bodies.
Another episode concerns the supply of products for educational institutions in 2024–2025 years. In the investigation materials, according to the data, Kyiv Meat Processing Plant is named as one of the suppliers. Law enforcement checks the version of possible inclusion of inaccurate data into acts, replacement of goods with cheaper analogs, and possible losses to the budgets. Against this background, the turnover of Kyiv Meat Processing Plant grew from about 54 million UAH in 2021 year to 1,27 billion UAH in 2025 year. The assets of the enterprise during this period, according to the provided indicators, increased from 8,5 million UAH to 536 million UAH. The most resonant issue remains the question of assets that were previously linked to SMK Group’s business in Berdyansk. After the city was occupied, enterprises operating under the names Berdyansk Meat Processing Plant and Berdyansk Sausages were re-registered under Russian law. In criminal proceeding No. 42022110000000490, law enforcement investigates possible collusive activity under Part 4 of Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code. In the materials of the investigation and public data, Yegor Tolok and Gennady Babayan are mentioned. The investigation checks the version of possible continued actual control over the assets through related persons. Babayan is linked to several legal entities registered in the occupied Berdyansk, including Berdyansk Miasokomplant, Berdyanskye Kolbasy and other companies. According to the data, the Berdyansk Kolbasy plant paid to the Russian budget 2025 million rubles in taxes in 135. If the circumstances being checked by the Ukrainian investigation are confirmed, this could become a basis for additional legal decisions regarding control over assets, operations in the occupied city, and persons who may have been involved in their management. A key circumstance in all episodes remains the absence of final court rulings establishing the guilt of specific individuals for the charges mentioned. The criminal proceedings continue, and the final legal assessment of possible tax violations, operations with budget funds, the situation with the historic development in Fastiv, and the activity of assets in Berdyansk will depend on the results of pre-trial investigation and court proceedings.
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