Povaliy’s son outraged by court ruling: what are we fighting against

25 October 14:55

The son of the Putinist singer Taisiya Povaliy, who supports the war in Ukraine and the Kremlin’s policies, is outraged by the court’s decision to confiscate the artist’s property in favour of the state. Denis Povaliy wrote about this on his Instagram, Komersant UkrainianKomersant Ukrainian reports

“As you know, the day before, the High Anti-Corruption Court decided to confiscate a BMW car, 7 land plots in Kyiv region, a residential building and household property from the Putinist. In addition, she was deprived of the rights to 9 songs.

The son of the Putinist singer believes that “property cannot be confiscated for a position, even though it causes outrage”. Denis noted that other people live in the house that is to be confiscated. According to him, they do not share the singer’s position.

“We have five days to file an appeal. Is this a hint for everyone to sit and be silent? Can a person be deprived of everything just for taking a stand? I understand that it causes indignation among many people, but, firstly, it is not shared by all the residents of the house they are going to “squeeze”, and secondly, maybe they are looking for real corrupt officials in the wrong place? And how can we simultaneously fight Soviet symbols and act using such soviet methods? What are we fighting against then? I have only questions and no answers…”, Denys wrote in his stories.

It should be noted that after the start of the full-scale invasion, Denys Povaliy himself moved to Spain, where he was looking for work as a musician. The musician, who at the beginning of the war supported Ukraine and fenced himself off from his Putinist mother, “changed his shoes”. Povaliy said that the Russian invasion was “artificially provoked”, that it was “the division of Ukrainians on the basis of language into friends and foes”, and that it happened “because of Maidan” and “because of the tearing down of the St George’s ribbon”.

The sanctions were imposed in accordance with the lawsuit filed by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and the Law of Ukraine on Sanctions.

As a reminder, the Security Service of Ukraine notified the singer in absentia of suspicion of collaboration, public calls for war and justification of Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Investigators found that Povaliy moved to Russia, where she obtained Russian citizenship and publicly supported the Kremlin. During an interview with a Moscow-based online publication, she praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and called for the seizure of the entire territory of Ukraine.

She also tried to discredit Ukrainian defenders who took part in the battles for Kyiv.

In September 2023, at the invitation of the terrorist Pasichnyk, Povaliy performed at a concert in the temporarily occupied Luhansk. During her performance, she expressed support for the Russian invaders and glorified their participation in the war against Ukraine.

The SBU-initiated examination confirmed the facts of Taisiya Povaliy’s subversive activities in favour of the aggressor country.

Based on the evidence collected, SBU investigators served Taisiya Povaliy a notice of suspicion in absentia under three articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:

  • ч. 6 Art. 111-1 (collaboration),
  • article 436 (public calls for aggressive war),
  • ч. 1 of Article 436-2 (justification, recognition of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine as lawful).

Since she is on the territory of Russia, comprehensive measures are being taken to bring her to justice for her crimes.

If detained, Taisiya Povaliy faces up to 12 years in prison.

Sanctions against Povaliy

It is worth noting that Ukraine proposed to revoke Povaliy’s title of ‘People’s Artist’ back in 2018. Despite the fact that Russia seized Crimea and invaded Donbas, she continued to travel to Russia after 2014 and thanked the Russians for their welcome. Moreover, immediately after the annexation of Crimea, Povaliy travelled there with a concert to celebrate Russia’s Day.

In October 2022, artists of Ukrainian descent who live and perform in Russia – Ani Lorak, Taisiya Povaliy and Anna Sedokova – were sanctioned by the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine. The sanctions include blocking assets, restricting trade operations, preventing the withdrawal of capital from Ukraine, suspending economic and financial obligations, cancelling or suspending licences and other permits, prohibiting participation in privatisation, leasing state property, etc.

Остафійчук Ярослав
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