Did they drown?

The state unitary enterprise “Crimean Sea Ports” was created in May 2014. Now it has practically ceased to exist. And the head of the Crimean government, Yuri Gotsanyuk, is manipulating the remainder of his liquid property.

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The State Unitary Enterprise “Crimean Sea Ports” included the trade ports of Evpatoria, Kerch, Feodosia, Yalta, the Kerch Fishing Port, the Port Terminal, the State Hydrography, and the Kerch Ferry that existed at that time. The authorized capital ended up being substantial – 5.5 billion rubles. The State Unitary Enterprise office is located in Kerch. But due to the sanctions that followed the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation (*aggressor country), the work of the ports was actually stopped. The launch of traffic on the Crimean Bridge in 2018 aggravated the situation, leaving the Kerch ferry crossing without customers and income. Then, in May 2018, the management of the State Unitary Enterprise decided for the first massive staff reduction: out of 6,000 people, only 2,759 retained their jobs. By 2020, another 321 employees were fired.

The Crimean authorities initially promised support to the ports. Head of Crimea Sergey Aksenov in 2019, when many employees had been without salaries for several months, I met with the management and representatives of the Crimean Sea Ports. He gave Some useful tips: sell damaged and irreparable vessels, which will reduce the cost of their maintenance, and deepen the bottom near the berth walls, since siltation has occurred in the areas, and some vessels cannot approach the berths.

The company was allocated about 240 million rubles for salaries. But for some reason, neither cargo turnover nor income increased as a result of such conversations.

Liquidation

In February 2020, the staff of one of the divisions – the Kerch Fishing Port – was announced that the enterprise would be liquidated due to lack of funds for its maintenance. More than 600 employees got notice of dismissal from April 1. mass media distributed black humor of personnel officers: our dockers are in great demand, the management of the Pevek port in Chukotka is ready to take them all.

The local authorities were unable to resist the collapse of the Crimean port industry. By the way, now Moscow is making similar promises. More than 900 million rubles will be allocated until 2026 inclusive for the construction of port infrastructure facilities in Crimea and Sevastopol, reported Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia (*aggressor country) in the Southern Federal District Vladimir Ustinov.

So, in 2021, the property of the Kerch and Feodosia trade ports, the Kerch ferry crossing, and at the same time the Sevastopol seaport was transferred to federal ownership. According to the head of Crimea Sergei Aksenov, this was done to ensure the ports were loaded. He promised that the staffing level and workforce of the State Unitary Enterprise will be maintained:

“ Until we gain practical experience and begin to understand the volumes of goods that are supplied, the first shipments of cargo will be sent on chartered sea vessels. In the future, it is planned to purchase our own vessels” Those dreams did not come true, the cargo turnover of the southern ports of the Russian Federation (*aggressor country) continues to decline the cruise ships did not return.

The Ministry of Transport of Crimea (it oversees the remains of the “Sea Ports”) still states that the Yalta and Evpatoria seaports have great prospects in the development of yacht and cruise tourism, especially taking into account the inaccessibility of some attractions. True, officials are specified :

“ Unfortunately, most of the hydraulic structures in the Yalta and Evpatoria ports have been taken out of service due to significant wear and tear and require reconstruction“

Wild holiday in the palaceBut another plot was determined. After all, the property of the Yalta and Yevpatoriya trade ports still remains in the ownership of Crimea. Around him there are completely different, very lively official dances. Particularly interesting, of course, is real estate on the southern coast of Crimea, which is listed as part of the Yalta port. After all, to the destroyed piers where pleasure boats once moored, for example, you can cut a piece of the embankment, place stalls there and receive payment from their owners. Or rent out the premises of a cash register that has not been working for a long time… This is what they did in Nikita.

In 2017, two hostels and a certain “Tea House” in Alupka on a plot of 859 m2, cadastral number 90:25:090102:370 on Dvortsovoye Shosse, 10, were assigned to the Yalta port under the right of economic management. document Council of Ministers.

And, despite the difficult situation of the state unitary enterprise, someone received income from this real estate. Because online at this address in past years lured So: “Recreation center of YALTA PORT, Alupka! “Wild holiday” in the count’s palace!!! SPECIAL OFFER FOR STUDENTS and lovers of “WILD” RECREATION!!! It was here that the famous film “The Marriage of Figaro” was filmed in 2003“

In addition, Alupka is a place that interests many today influential people .

Prosecutor

And the Deputy Southern Transport Prosecutor asked the court to deal with the port’s property, including these buildings and the land under them. The Crimean Arbitration Court found that the lease agreement for a rather large plot of land expired in 2020 and was not renewed. This means that the State Unitary Enterprise of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Crimean Sea Ports” uses the land without legally executed title documents, “and to justify the impossibility of concluding a lease agreement for the site refers to the difficult financial situation.” The court did not believe in the difficult situation of the port, noting that “within the boundaries of 859 sq.m. There is a hotel-type dormitory with an area of ​​354.4 sq.m., which is on the balance sheet of the State Unitary Enterprise of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Crimean Sea Ports”. AND obliged The Ministry of Property of Crimea will conclude a lease agreement for a land plot with “Seaports” without holding a tender, giving a month for this. This was in November 2023.

Today, the public cadastral map of Russia (*aggressor country) reports that a plot of 859 sq.m. refers to lands of populated areas (water transport). It shows a non-residential building built in 1961. That is, it seems that the court’s decision has been implemented. But in May 2024, the Council of Ministers also remembered about the building in the center of Alupka. He adopted the order “On amendments to the order of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea dated February 7, 2017.” One of the changes is that now the same building at 10 Dvortsovoye Shosse, with an area of ​​354.4 sq.m. it already turns out.

non-residential The order was signed by the Crimean Prime Minister Yuri Gotsanyuk. Monitoring the implementation of this order assigned himself, will report on the execution to himself by December 30, 2024.

That is, a rather large plot of land and a building by South Coast standards have been prepared for sale. But while maintaining decency, what will be sold is not a port workers’ dormitory, and not a “wild holiday in the count’s palace,” but an old uninhabited wreck. Aksenov, who promised to keep the workers, did not deceive anyone – he had nothing to do with it.