"Odesa Refinery is gradually floating away into the hands of Kurchenko and his Russian accomplices. Ukraine may lose one of its most profitable entities," he wrote.
The MP said a judge of the Odesa region Economic Court had issued the ruling despite the absence of primary documents confirming that funds had actually been allocated to the refinery's current account. The judge had also demonstrating disregard for the objective circumstances and the origin of those funds.
"As a result, 800 of the plant's employees and its contractors have little hope of receiving a settlement of arrears," the MP said.
The company's creditors are Russian bank VTB and two companies registered in Cyprus, according to Deidei.
Read alsoYanukovych wants face-to-face interrogation with Poroshenko, other senior officials"After recognizing their claims as legitimate, they've, in fact, been granted legal and effective control over the enterprise. The crux of the problem is that instead of, let's say, nationalizing a strategic plant, its assets will again be in the hands of its former owner," Deidei stated.
He also stressed on the importance of preventing the "regionals" (Region Party members) from regaining control, through nominees, over the Ukrainian economy and, hence, the country's policy.
