Kadyrov-affiliated forces seek to take control of businesses in occupied Ukrainian territories, pressure entrepreneurs
In temporarily occupied Tokmak in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, representatives of Kadyrov-affiliated units have begun an active expansion aimed at establishing control over local businesses.
This was reported on Telegram by the partisan movement ATESH.
According to the underground movement, a redistribution of property has been launched in the city following a scenario previously used in occupied Mariupol.
“Fighters of the 78th Regiment Akhmat North have begun active preparations to seize the city’s most profitable enterprises with the aim of their subsequent informal transfer under the control of structures from Grozny,” the statement said.
It is noted that occupation units are conducting asset inventories and exerting systematic pressure on owners of agricultural companies and retail chains. Repressions against local entrepreneurs, according to ATESH agents, are intensifying daily and are aimed at forcing them to voluntarily relinquish property in favor of Kadyrov-affiliated forces.
The process is reportedly accompanied by threats of fabricated criminal cases and illegal inspections, which “serve merely as a formal pretext for future corporate raiding.”
“The situation in Tokmak clearly demonstrates Moscow’s colonial policy, which hands Ukrainian cities over for plunder to its loyal units in exchange for holding the front,” ATESH wrote.
The underground movement also reports that residents are observing a constant presence of armed individuals in company offices. In addition, attempts are being recorded to impose so-called ‘external management’ by individuals close to Kadyrov commanders.
At the end of its statement, ATESH called on Tokmak’s entrepreneurs to share information about the actions of the occupying forces.
Earlier, the OSINT community InformNapalm published the results of a hack of the personal data of Russian Armed Forces Major Yevgeny Dmitriev, obtained by the hacker group “256 Cyber Assault Division.” The materials reportedly expose a network involved in the illegal trafficking of weapons from the front line via occupied Crimea.
