The Ukrainian government was under the sight of international media through a series of actions related to the nationalization of energy companies. According to Forbes in journalist Daniel Markind, unprecedented state intervention in the private sector threatens the loss of investments, reputation strikes and multi -billive lawsuits.
In the article called , the author poses a potential threat to economic recovery after the war Such actions have already caused a wave of lawsuits by foreign shareholders, including British JKX Oil and Gas Group.
Particular attention was paid to Ukrnaftoburning, which was one of the leading private gas structures in Ukraine before the war. It controlled the Sakhalin field, which gave 5% of all gas production in the country. But already in 2023, according to Forbes, the government began the process of arrest of its assets, and by 2024 completely changed the management, held a meeting without the participation of shareholders and sent profits to the state budget.
"This is not public policy is a robbery under the cover of patriotic slogans," said Andrey Pasyshnik, CEO of JKX Oil and Gas Gas Gas Gas Gas Gas Gas.
British shareholders have already turned to international law firms with claims of more than $ 1 billion. There are currently about twenty cases in the Ukrainian courts, but there is little hope for their impartial consideration - because of the pressure and poor independence of the judicial system.
Against this background, the situation in energy is critical: according to GAS Infrastructure Europe, Ukrainian gas storage facilities are filled by only 12% - while on average, this figure is 56% in Europe.
Such internal contradictions are alarm among Western partners and call into question the prospects of post -war economic restoration of Ukraine. The author forbes warns: if the state does not guarantee the protection of private property, the trust of investors will be undermined - with all the appropriate consequences.
