Today, on 29 May, operatives of the Strategic Investigations Directorate (SID of NPU) led by Andrii Rubel, and investigators from the Main Investigative Directorate of the National Police (MID of NPU) conducted searches at the office premises of DCH Group’s companies in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipro. Among other things, documentation, computer equipment, information storage devices, etc., were seized.
DCH states that it considers these mass searches to be illegal, exerting undue pressure on the Group’s business activities, and a consequence of the fact that previous illegal actions of law enforcement officers were challenged before the Office of the Prosecutor General, MID of NPU, and SID of NPU.
Olena Lysytska, DCH’s Legal Counsel, states: “The latest actions taken by the National Police are a gross violation of the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine and the Constitution. This is a politically motivated pressure on legal business. Such investigative actions may be described as persecution. They may not be applied to a business that operates openly, files reports, pays taxes, and continuously cooperates with law enforcement officers in all matters.”
Facts:
On 29 May 2025, investigators of the Main Investigative Directorate of the National Police of Ukraine, together with operatives from the Strategic Investigations Directorate, MID of NPU, conducted large-scale searches at the employees’ locations and registered addresses of the DCH Group’s companies as part of the criminal proceedings No. 42022000000000719 dated 16/06/2022. The application of the procedure under Article 233.3 of the CPCU — without a ruling by the investigating judge — was used as formal justification.
In certain instances:
- doors were broken to force entry into homes;
- personal and company property was seized without any inventory taken or procedural registration made;
- the right to a lawyer was denied in violation of Article 59 of the Constitution of Ukraine and Article 20 of the CPCU.
🛑 The application of Article 233.3 of the CPCU, which was used as a basis for searches, is stipulated for emergencies only, where direct monitoring of a crime in progress or the need for an urgent response are involved. In this particular case:
- the proceedings were instituted in 2022;
- back in 2023, searches were performed in compliance with the procedure;
- no new facts have emerged to justify the urgency;
- no representative or employee of DCH companies has been assigned the status of a suspect.
📍 This is the second time that the searches were performed. As early as on 10 May 2023, searches were carried out at the same addresses and as part of the same proceedings, but on the basis of rulings issued by the investigating judges of the Pecherskyi District Court in Kyiv. Following the previous investigative actions, the seized property was returned to the owners only after numerous complaints were filed and court decisions were issued, more than a year or sometimes almost two years later.
📌 Furthermore, on 22 and 23 May 2025, representatives of the companies filed complaints with the Office of the Prosecutor General, the NPU’s MID and SID regarding undue pressure put on companies as part of these proceedings. In response, a second wave of unjustified searches was launched throughout Ukraine on 29 May.
Yevhen Moroz, Head of DCH’s Public Relations Department, adds: “We have been accused of a fictitious nature of our companies. There is not any question of a fictitious nature where the DCH Group’s companies are going concerns pursuing actual economic activities and paying billions of dollars in taxes to the State Budget of Ukraine. They employ thousands of citizens and play an important role in the domestic economy. By the end of 2024, the companies of the DCH Group had paid UAH2.3 billion in taxes.”
📅 During the pre-trial investigation, a letter (an appendix to the DCH’s official notice) by a shareholder of PJSC Ukrtatnafta was officially attached on 22 May 2025, clearly stating the following:
“Oleksandr Yaroslavskyi has never had any influence over PJSC Ukrtatnafta’s decision-making, received any dividends, held any indirect beneficial ownership or controlled the company’s activities.”
Information has recently appeared in the media, claiming that Oleksandr Yaroslavskyi, the Shareholder of DCH, is currently wanted by Interpol. This information is contrary to facts. At the moment, no status has been assigned to the DCH Shareholder in this criminal case.
Viktoriia Levchenko, Legal Representative of the DCH Group, Attorney-at-Law, CEO and Partner of ProfiLegal firm, says: “The DCH Group’s companies challenge illegal actions in court, appeal to authorities and international institutions to protect their rights and reputation, and inform the public and partners about credible threats to the rule of law in Ukraine.”
For your information
DCH Investment Management is a financial industrial group of companies that manages investments in ore mining and metallurgy, machine building, real estate, insurance, banking, and the hospitality industry. It has accumulated extensive experience in effective investment in Ukraine.
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