The searches in the office of Dragon Capital Ltd. dealt with the program for controlling the working hours of employees of the company recognized as "spyware", according to Dragon Capital's Facebook page. "As it turned out, the software that Dragon International LLC LLC officially acquired from the Ukrainian company Stakhanovets PRO, which is the owner of the software, in 2015, planned to use Dragon Dragon's JV as a work time control system. 2016 was recognized as a "special technical means of secretly receiving information" on the basis of an expert opinion carried out in the framework of criminal proceedings, "the statement said.. Employees of the SBU attempted to remove all the computer equipment of the company, which would practically paralyze the activities of Dragon Capital both as a securities trader and as a depositary institution. "Thanks to the reaction of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groisman, other public figures and the media in the future, the search took place without violation and pressure from the SBU's employees and the company is currently working in the usual mode," the report says.. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individuals (USR), LLC Stakhanovets PRO is registered in the Dnieper. The founders of the company are STAX STAFF MONITORING SOLUTIONS LIMITED (Cyprus), whose ultimate beneficiaries are Russian citizen Igor Borovikov and two Ukrainian citizens Sergey Shamshin and Mikhail Yakhimovich. Earlier in the day at the office of the investment company Dragon Capital (Kiev), the Security Service officers searched and seized equipment. As reported by the head of the press service of Dragon Capital Olga Beloblovskaya, searches in the office of Dragon Capital are connected with the accusation of illegal use of software. At the same time, O. Beloblovskaya said that the company legally and officially acquired the software. In turn, Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman at a meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday, April 26, reported on information he had received about searches at Dragon Capital and instructed the government commissioner for investment, the first deputy finance minister Oksana Markarova to contact Dragon Capital to clarify the situation. "I have no right to interfere in the work of the SBU, but I believe that everything should be done there adequately, without the paralysis of the work of the investment fund. What kind of investment portfolios will then come to Ukraine? !! "- said the prime minister.

David BraunUkrgazvidobuvannyaFounded in 2000, Dragon Capital is one of the largest investment companies in Ukraine. Works in the field of direct investment and financial services, provides a full range of investment banking and brokerage services for corporate and private clients. Earlier, Dragon Capital's minority stake since 2007 was owned by Goldman Sachs, one of the world's largest banks. At the beginning of April 2017 the investment company entered into an agreement with the bank on the repurchase of its shares.