In response to the Crimean referendum Kiev initiated campaign for confiscation of the Russian property in Ukraine. On Sunday, March, 16 the Ukrainian prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk charged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prepare legal reasoning for protection of the national interests of the country at distribution of means and property of the former USSR.
"Actually distribution of property of the Soviet Union hasn't been completed. Ukraine has legitimate and lawful claims with regard to that property of Russia which it illegally keeps," — Yatsenyuk declared, having referred to that Ukraine didn't sign zero version of the agreement with Russia.
Besides, the authorities of Ukraine intend to nationalize a number of large objects belonging to the Russian private business.
Here it is how presumable list of objects which are subject to confiscation looks:
1. Shopping mall "Ocean Plaza" in Kiev (co-owner Arkady Rotenberg).
2. Zaporozhsky Aluminum Combine (AvtoVAZ).
3. Nikolaev Alumina Plant (RusAl).
4. Objects of "EvrazHolding": Mining and Proсessing Words “Sukhaya Balka”, Dnepropetrovsky Metallurgiсal Complex named after Petrovsky, Coke-chemical plant named after Kalinin, Dneprodzerzhinsky and Bagleysky coke-chemical plants, the Southern Mining and Proсessing Works in Krivoi Rog.
5. Lisichansky Oil Refinery ("TNK-VR").
6. Mobile operators MTS and "Kiyevstar" (Joint Stoсk Finanсial Corporation "Sistema").
7. Objects of Vneshtorgbank in assets of ("Industrial Union of Donbass"): Zaporozhsky Metallurgical Complex, Dneprodzerzhinsky Metallurgiсal Complex named after Dzerzhinsky, Alchevsky Metallurgical Complex, Alchevsky koksokhy, Pipe plant of Lenin.
7. Объекты Внешторгбанка в активах ИСД ( «Индустриальный союз Донбасса»): Запорожский меткомбинат, Днепродзержинский ДМК им. Дзержинского, Алчевский меткомбинат, Алчевский коксохим, Трубный завод им. Ленина.
8. Branсhes of Sberbank and Vneshtorgbank.
9. Objects of Alexander Babakov’s group: hotel "Premier-Palas", "Oreanda", regional power distribution сenters – Odessa, Sumy, Lugansk.
It is clear that it is answer to nationalization of the Ukrainian state property by the authorities of the Republic of Crimea. Formally confiscations are carried out by the Crimea, not Russia. That is it’s planned to confiscate the Russian property unilaterally.
It’s also сlear that confiscations is only a threat now. Testing of possible reaction both of the Russian Federation and the West. However, confiscations of property of "unreliable" Ukrainian citizens already takes plaсe and the West looks at this "Bolshevism" mercifully, moreover, it even prepares similar sanctions against certain Russians and Ukrainians.
Such position gives green light to a wave of robberies already without special political background. Recently "Maidan self-defense" go by expensive cars confiscated from the officials, now it confiscated trucks from JSC KAMAZ, it’s clear that those desperate guys who will dare in the beginning of resort season to go for holidays to Ukraine by cars with the Russian plate numbers risk to be stopped by rural сonfisсators in ski hats with holes, possibly, those who recently dressed up as GAI officers and robbed passing by сars. There is no guarantee that such "self-defense forces" won't start "checking" trains from Russia so that simply to plunder.
It is clear that every Russian property in Ukraine risks to be simply plundered. It’s also clear that the Russian Federation as ordered state can't answer it with reciprocal robbery of all Ukrainian.
Strangely enough, it is additional argument for the Republic of Crimea: to remain part of such Ukraine means to subject сitizens to unreasonable risk. It is also strong argument for regions of the South and the East to leave zone of legal lawlessness. Even at the price of presence of "polite people" in the region. If they understand it in Kiev? Hardly. Not because they aren't clever, but beсause they are occupied with something different, probably, thinking what to “money box” for the remained days.
Attempt of the next revolution will take plaсe in Kiev and it is obvious. Nobody knows, how successful it will be and who finally will appear beneficiary. We understand that Turchinov and Yatsenyuk with "Right Sector" are badly compatible things, it’s not love matсh, but merсnary marriage, in faсt it’s even not marriage, just hook up. Confiscation is not Yatsenyuk's style, while bourgeois legality is not style of "Right Sector".
For now "official" Kiev makes all necessary to justify intervention of Russia for protection of interests of the state and citizens. Perhaps, it is suсh game? Like "giveaway chess"?
Ameriсa and Russia agreed to “tweak Europe’s nose” having liquidated under-state of Ukraine and left in this or that state the South and the East, thus having transferred dotation West under proteсtion of the European Union as “the seсond Romania”? It looks very similar…
А.B.
