On December 24, 2021, the panel of judges of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court announced a verdict by which the former First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of PJSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya was found guilty of attempting to provide unlawful benefits in the amount of 200 thousand. US dollars to an employee of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine with assistance in lifting the arrest imposed on gas. This is reported by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office.

The court agreed with the arguments of the prosecutor and found the specified person guilty of committing a crime under Part. 3 st. 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Offer, promise or provision of unlawful benefits to an official).

By the verdict of the court, the former head of Ukrgasvydobuvannya was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

Also, by the court verdict, a special confiscation was applied in relation to 100,000 US dollars seized by law enforcement officers during the arrest..

The specified verdict of the VAKS can be appealed to the Appeals Chamber of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court within 30 days from the date of its announcement..

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Somov passed as a suspect in the so-called Onishchenko case. He was accused of embezzling property of the Ukrgasvydobuvannya enterprise and selling gas at low prices.

According to the investigation, Somov, having a number of direct powers in his arsenal, deliberately did not take measures to terminate the agreements of joint activity, having entered into a criminal conspiracy with representatives of a criminal organization, in the creation and leadership of which Onishchenko is suspected.

The latter is suspected by NABU of organizing a scheme to steal funds in the production and sale of natural gas under agreements on joint activities with PJSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya, as a result of which the state suffered damage in the amount of about UAH 3 billion.

As ZN wrote. UA, Ukraine can quite realistically become independent of gas imports within 3-5 years, and the fact that in recent years the country has moved away from this goal, the responsibility lies with specific people. The case of Alexander Somov is not the only one in a long list of crimes and negligence stemming from Ukrgazvydobuvannya.