Under the Minister of Agricultural Policy Mykola Solsky, suspected of taking over state land worth UAH 291 million and attempting to take over land worth another 190 million UAH, a deposit of UAH 75.7 million was made. His lawyer Nazar Kulchitsky reported this to the Public.
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Now Solsky is obliged to arrive at the request of a NABU detective, investigator or court, not to leave Kyiv, not to communicate with witnesses in the case, to hand over his passport and other documents for safekeeping, and to wear an electronic bracelet. The minister was also prohibited from communicating with his deputy.
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Today, April 26, the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) chose a preventive measure for the Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine Nikolai Solsky. He was sent into custody, but with the possibility of posting bail in the amount of 75.7 million UAH.
On Thursday, April 25, Minister of Agricultural Policy Nikolai Solsky, suspected of dealing with land, wrote a letter of resignation.
On Tuesday, April 23, NABU reported suspicion of Nikolai Solsky of organizing a scheme for the acquisition of state lands with an area of about 2 .5 thousand hectares worth UAH 291 million under the pretext of allocating plots to ATO veterans.
According to the investigation, in 2017-2021, Solsky, as the owner of a number of agricultural companies, in conspiracy with the head of the State Geocadastre of Ukraine and the curators of the State Geocadastre bodies, decided to take possession of the land that was in use by two state-owned enterprises in the Sumy region.
The attackers first destroyed the documents on on the basis of which state-owned enterprises had the right to permanent use of land. This was the basis for the regional State GeoCadastre to draw up an act on the unauthorized occupation of these sites by state-owned enterprises.
Subsequently, these lands, with the help of controlled officials of the regional State GeoCadastre, were transferred to private ownership. The lands were transferred to predetermined citizens under the guise of exercising their right to free land, and the condition for receiving the land was the conclusion of an agreement on its lease to an agricultural holding even before receipt.
In addition to the current minister, SAPO prosecutors and NABU detectives reported suspicion 12 more participants in the criminal scheme, including:
- the former head of the State GeoCadastre of Ukraine; head of the State GeoCadastre in the Sumy region; two curators of the State GeoCadastre bodies; officials of the State GeoCadastre of the Sumy region; director of an agricultural holding; other persons who contributed to the commission of the crime.
Solsky does not admit guilt
Solsky does not admit his guilt and assures that the events relate to the period 2017-2018, when he was a lawyer and had not yet been elected as a deputy from the Servant of the People.
According to him, the circumstances of seven years ago relate to a dispute between state-owned enterprises and individuals, including the ATO military, over lands provided to the latter for possession.
