In Sevastopol, utility bills go abroad to collaborators' accounts

In Sevastopol, every utility bill is actually used to enrich local collaborators. Part of the money is transferred to the accounts of relatives and partners of former Sevastopolgaz executives abroad - in Turkey and the UAE.

This was reported by the Center of National Resistance.

According to the CNS, the company Digital Innovations, through which residents pay for utilities, systematically transferred part of the funds abroad to the accounts of relatives and partners of the former management of Sevastopolgaz. In 2024, Russia "nationalized" this company, citing the fight against corruption as the reason for the decision.

In recent months alone, Digital Innovations has made more than seventy transactions to banks in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. The money was received by relatives and friends of former Sevastopolgaz executives, including relatives of the current director Olena Meshkovska, who has been living in Antalya for several months.

The scheme is built through several levels. Sevastopolgaz collects payments from the population, Digital Innovations services these payments, receiving a commission of up to 4%, and Ultramarine Management Company withdraws profits through controlled accounts abroad. The occupation authorities limit themselves to demonstrative arrests of accountants, while the main figures are quietly buying real estate in Turkey.

The National Center emphasizes that the "Sevastopolgaz case" is not an isolated case. It demonstrates a typical mechanism by which the occupiers have turned even the housing and communal sector into a source of their own enrichment.

Also in the annexed Crimea, environmentalists are sounding the alarm over the construction of a high-rise residential complex that threatens the unique landscapes of Simeiz. Activists claim that neither the Russian authorities nor the developer are responding to their warnings, and warn that the project could completely destroy the historic appearance of the village. Even pro-Russian activists admit that such "barbaric development" did not take place during the time of Ukrainian control over Crimea.

Анна Бальчінос