Russian political, corporate interests seize thousands of Ukrainian businesses, assets in occupied Mariupol, research reveals

Russian political, corporate interests seize thousands of Ukrainian businesses, assets in occupied Mariupol, research reveals

More than 1,000 Russian government entities and 1,200 private companies are involved in the economy of occupied Mariupol, a major southeastern city captured by Russia after it invaded Ukraine in 2022, according to a research paper published on May 14.A Serious Organized Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) research paper titled "Looting Mariupol: Russia's use of illicit finance and economic crime in Ukraine" has identified individuals and …

The Russian occupation forces strengthened their defensive positions in the direction from Mariupol to Berdyansk.

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