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According to political analyst and journalist Volodymyr Sonyuk, another attempt by ARMA to find a manager for the assets of IDS Ukraine ("Morshynska") resembles a surreal film, and the tender is literally oversaturated with strange and scandalously notorious contenders. ARMA recently accepted applications from 5 companies to participate in the selection contest for a manager of the seized assets of IDS Ukraine (the brands "Morshynska" and "Myrhorodska"). Preserving an asset valued at 8 billion hryvnias is extremely important, since it is part of the economy, and therefore choosing a professional manager is a serious task, writes journalist and political analyst Volodymyr Sonyuk in his blog. However, he noted, among the contest participants are 5 companies, and each has a dubious "baggage." The journalist described in detail which companies are participants in ARMA’s contest. "Let’s start with the Legal Bureau ‘Prioritas,’ whose main activity is legal services and whose charter capital is 1000 UAH and whose beneficiary is Zhanna Yefremova. But most interestingly, this little firm has already demonstrated a fictitious tender dossier. It has never had any experience managing large enterprises; instead it is known that the bureau submitted a lease agreement for one printer, a desk, and two laptops, and in other contracts it turned out to be the tenant of its own office," writes Volodymyr Sonyuk. Regarding another contest participant — the asset management company (AMC) 'Ready-Invest' — Sonyuk noted that under the law AMCs generally cannot combine financial activities with other businesses, and moreover, the AMC has no experience managing large enterprises. In addition, the company holds stakes in the corporate rights of very dubious businesses. In other words, neither experience, nor legal and rehabilitation cleanliness, nor financial capacity. "The third participant in the contest for the IDS manager is the AMC 'Ukrkapital.' The company is connected to businessman and member of the Poltava Regional Council Serhiy Byelashov. Companies controlled by Byelashov and his wife constantly appear in criminal cases. There is tax evasion, raiding, and embezzlement and theft of funds during gas procurements by state companies," Sonyuk reported. The journalist also investigated a contest participant owned by Serhiy Tarasiuk, a former partner of ATB owner Hennadiy Butkevych — the meat processing plant 'Yuvileynyy.' "Overall the plant fully meets the criteria of the contest for the manager of 'Morshynska' — it has 25 years of experience in the food industry (FMCG), as well as full financial capacity — more than 2,2 billion UAH net income for 2025 year, and its charter capital is larger than others — 268,2 million UAH. So providing a bank guarantee for 100 million is unlikely to be a problem," Sonyuk’s blog states. The fifth participant in ARMA’s contest, according to Sonyuk, is the company 'Alliance D,' which belongs to businessmen Ruslan Shostak and Valeriy Kipytyk, owners of the EVA and Varus chains. "Not without sin, to be honest, because there are also some inconsistencies here that are worth mentioning. First and foremost this concerns a formal contradiction to the contest rules, since the VARUS supermarket issues and sells drinking water under its own trademarks (Varto and Vygoda), which is allegedly direct competition to the products of the 'Morshynska' and 'Myrhorodska' brands. Whereas, according to the contest rules, the transfer of IDS Ukraine's assets to competitors of the company is explicitly prohibited by part five of Article 21−4 of the Special Law," the journalist said. "How ARMA’s contest for the manager of IDS Ukraine’s assets will end remains an intriguing question. But, in my expert opinion, the main thing in such contests is still a sober and well-thought-out evaluation of the applicants and choosing as the winner someone who truly has the experience and who is actually capable of both preserving and increasing the 'Morshynska' assets, increasing the company’s turnover under management, and creating even more jobs," noted Volodymyr Sonyuk. Recall that the Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA) announced a contest to select a manager for the assets of the IDS Ukraine group — one of the largest bottled water producers in Ukraine, which includes the brands "Morshynska" and "Myrhorodska." Meanwhile, it became known that ARMA is restricting journalists’ access to public events.
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