In Astarte they say that the siloviki blocked the accounts of the company's production divisions. Employees of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine conducted a search in the main office of the largest sugar producer in Ukraine, the agroholding Astarta in Kiev. "On September 6, a search was conducted in the main office of Astarta-Kyiv with the participation of armed law enforcers and violation of procedural rules initiated by the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine. Within a few hours, employees could not get to their workplaces, the work of enterprises was blocked, "the message says.. In addition, according to the press service, the siloviki blocked separate accounts of several production divisions of Astarte. It is noted that the management of the company Astarta-Kyiv appealed to the GPU regarding the inadmissibility of forceful pressure on the business and intends to challenge the actions of the siloviki in accordance with the procedure established by law. The management of the agricultural holding expects that in a few days all time restrictions will be lifted. Astarta is a vertically integrated agro-industrial holding specializing in the production of sugar, cereals and oilseeds, as well as milk.

The land bank of the company is 285 thousand hectares, dairy herd - 16,5 thousand heads. The holding owns nine sugar factories. As reported by Correspondent. net, on the eve of the Prosecutor General's Office and the SBU searched Ukrzaliznytsya because of the theft of almost 4 million hryvnia. The GPU conducts pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings on articles on abuse of power and official forgery.

Original article: GPU searched the office of the largest sugar producer in Ukraine.