HACCU confiscates property, cars and rights to Taisiya Povaliy’s songs
23 October 13:36The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has ruled against pro-Putin singer and former Party of Regions MP Taisiya Povaliy, seizing several of her assets. This was reported by Komersant Ukrainian with reference to the HACC.
“The panel of judges of the High Anti-Corruption Court upheld the claim of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine against the former People’s Artist of Ukraine (deprived of her title in 2015) and imposed a sanction on her under paragraph 1-1 of Part 1 of Article 4 of the Law of Ukraine on Sanctions,” the HACC said in a statement on its telegram channel on Wednesday.
The HACCU decided to confiscate the assets belonging to the singer to the state:
- a BMW vehicle;
- a domestically produced device for firing ammunition equipped with rubber or similar elastic projectiles of non-lethal action;
- property rights to music and lyrics to 9 songs (“I’ll Hug You”, “Love, Understand and Listen”, “Guardian Angels”, “Forever”, “I Just Want”, “Beads of Love”, “More Than Close”, “I’m Flying Away with You in the Blue”, “Good Morning”).
The assets in respect of which she may directly or indirectly perform actions identical in content to the exercise of the right of disposal were also seized:
- 7 land plots located in Kyiv region with a total area of 9.3095 ha;
- a residential building with a total area of 442.8 sq. m;
- household with a total area of 101 sq.m;
- a BMW X5 vehicle;
- three devices of domestic production for firing ammunition equipped with rubber or similar elastic projectiles of non-lethal action and hunting smoothbore weapons.
It is noted that an appeal against the decision of the High Anti-Corruption Court may be filed by a participant in the case and/or his representative with the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court within five days from the date of the court’s decision.
The sanctions were imposed pursuant to a 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.