Former MP Oleksandr Hranovskyi and his associates were convicted of organizing the sale of Odesa Portside Plant commodities at below-market prices. The misconduct by OPP officials caused the plant to forfeit over UAH 93 million in revenue.
According to the prosecution, between March and December 2015, Hranovskyi acting in concert with a group of individuals organized a scheme whereby OPP officials abused their positions to secure unlawful gains for Newscope Estates Limited.
In 2015, the Odesa Regional Prosecutor’s Office registered the information on abuse of office by employees of Odesa Portside Plant PJSC in the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations. The defendants sold liquid ammonia and urea to UK-based Newscope Estates Limited at below-market prices, causing the plant to forfeit over UAH 93 million in revenue.
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Newscope was linked to Hranovskyi, a then-Member of Parliament. The investigation established that Hranovskyi, through his assistant, organized a scheme whereby Odesa Portside Plant sold mineral fertilizers to a predetermined company, which in turn resold the goods to foreign companies at competitive prices. The buyers physically received raw materials from Odesa Portside Plant.
The defendants include:
- Ex-MP Oleksandr Hranovskyi
- Newscope Estates Limited owner Pavlo Chumak
- Former OPP board member Olha Tkachenko
- Former OPP department head Ihor Chychylnytskyi
- Former OPP deputy director Stepan Kiminchidzhi.
The actions of Oleksandr Hranovskyi are classified under Article 27(3), Article 28(2), and Article 364(2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Other defendants in the case include Pavlo Chumak, owner of Newscope Estates Limited, and Olha Tkachenko, Hranovskyi’s assistant, whose actions are qualified under Article 364(2).
Also accused are Stepan Kiminchidzhi, the OPP Deputy Director, and Ihor Chychylnytskyi, Head of the Plant’s Export Sales Department.
Both Hranovskyi and his accomplices left Ukraine and are currently wanted internationally.
As of late 2022, Hranovskyi held six valid international passports. Since October 12, 2022, he has been registered with the Consulate of Ukraine in the Republic of Cyprus, allegedly for employment purposes. He also possesses a temporary residence permit in Cyprus and rents an apartment there.
A special pre-trial investigation has been conducted in the case.
Throughout the pre-trial proceedings, numerous lengthy appeal reviews took place. The defense maintained that the statute of limitations for pre-trial investigation had expired due to the Lozovyi amendments and alleged a political context in the case.
Notably, on August 20, an investigative judge of the HACC revoked the notice of suspicion against the former MP. However, this decision was later overturned by the HACC Appeals Chamber. The case is currently under judicial consideration.
On April 2, 2026, the HACC approved the plea agreements reached with SAPO and delivered its verdict. Hranovskyi was sentenced to a UAH 5,100 fine. Newscope Estates Limited owner Pavlo Chumak, former OPP board member Olha Tkachenko, former OPP department head Ihor Chychylnytskyi, and former OPP deputy director Stepan Kiminchidzhi — three years in prison, a one-year ban from public office, and a fine. Hranovskyi, Chychylnytskyi, and Kiminchidzhi were released from punishment due to expired statutes of limitations Tkachenko and Chumak received two-year probation terms.
The civil forfeiture claim filed by Odesa Portside Plant JSC was left without consideration.
The SAPO reported that several defendants, including Hranovskyi himself, are abroad in countries that have declined to extradite them for criminal prosecution.
09/10/2025
The period for an appeal continues
