The death of Ukraine’s leading grain businessman Oleksiy Vadatursky and his wife in a Russian attack is causing consternation and raising suspicions that the killing was intentional and could mean a new blockade of the port.
Ukraine’s new Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said that Investigators are investigating the hypothesis that the couple’s death was intentional homicide.
Oleksiy and Raisa Vadatursky died on July 31 after an attack on Mykolaiv, in southern Ukraine, which the Ukrainian head of state, Volodymyr Zelensky, described as “one of the most brutal” since the beginning of the Russian invasion, with more of 40 missiles. launched against various targets in the city.
Hero of Ukraine, grain tycoon. Mykolaiv attack kills one of Ukraine’s richest men, businessman Oleksiy Vadatursky
Several of these missiles hit the tycoon’s room, while, according to presidential adviser Mijaílo Podolyak, no other homes in the area were hit.
The chairwoman of the Mykolaiv regional council, Hanna Zamazieva, said in an interview with channel 24 TV that the death of the businessman may be related to food crisis that Russia is trying to promote on a global scale.
The businessman, whose company owns 81 ships, has been actively involved in efforts to increase grain exports through alternative routes and his fleet is involved in grain transportation through Danube ports.
Oleksiy Vadatursky, 74, was the owner of Nibulon, one of the largest holding companies agricultural Ukraine, responsible for exporting 5.64 million tons of cereals to 38 countries in 2021.
Vadatursky was considered the 24th richest in Ukraine in 2021, with his fortune valued at $430 million, according to the Ukrainian edition of Forbes.
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However, unlike many other tycoons in the country, he avoided getting involved in politics and earned a reputation as an incorruptible businessman who emphasized the transparency of his corporation and collaborated with well-known companies and international institutions such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( European Bank for Reconstruction and Development). EBRD).
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the businessman has remained in Mykolaiv to continue running his business, some of which has been damaged by the war, while also helping to finance the local territorial defense units of the Ukrainian army.
Source: Observadora
