The Ministry of Justice has filed a lawsuit to recover the property of singer and former Party of Regions MP Taisiya Povaliy, who spreads Russian propaganda and supports the Putin regime. This is stated on the website of the Ministry of Justice, Komersant ukrainskyi
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On 5 September, the Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit with the HACC to impose sanctions on Povaliy.
Thus, they want to recover the property that Povaliy owns directly and indirectly. This includes 7 plots of land, a residential building and household property, as well as 2 cars and 4 devices for firing ammunition.
However, in addition to this, the Ministry of Justice seeks to confiscate property rights to Povaliy’s music and lyrics to eight of her songs. They do not specify which songs these are.
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 had 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.
An 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.