According to recent “official statements” from Crimean collaborators, a low-profile process of “alienation of real estate owned by the Republic of Crimea” and “assigned” to the infamous “state unitary enterprise” “Chernomorneftegaz” began in November.
This involves 59 properties, including “buildings, underground gas pipelines, and wells,” and they will be given to a subsidiary of that very “state unitary enterprise,” namely “Chernomorneftegaz Dobycha”.
The “rationale” behind this scam is clear, given that “Chernomorneftegaz Dobycha” was established in 2019 as a “limited liability company,” and in early 2025, it was transformed into a “joint-stock company” with a capital of 10,000 rubles and an address in the Simferopol business center “Crimea Plaza”.
Through this inconspicuous entity, headed by Stanislav Kerosirenko, the former “head of drilling operations” at “Chernomorneftegaz”, who had previously appeared at the pompous Moscow conference “Offshore Oil and Gas Contracts,” funds were actively laundered in 2025 through exploration work at the Crimean “onshore” Aktash oil field on Cape Kazantip and the Povorotne gas condensate field in the eastern Kerch Peninsula.
This is not surprising, since “Chernomorneftegaz Dobycha” was mentioned in announcements regarding the development of the Povorotne field several years ago, allegedly receiving a “5.1 billion ruble loan” from “Crimean” “RKNB”, later “absorbed” by VTB.
Therefore, it is easy to predict that the most “liquid” and profitable “assets” of the fake “Chernomorneftegaz”, related to onshore oil and gas condensate production in eastern Crimea, will be transferred to “Chernomorneftegaz Dobycha”, while the “state unitary enterprise” itself will be left with the proverbial “dead weight” of offshore and distribution infrastructure.
After this, the “improved onshore assets” of the onshore fields will be “sold at auction” in 2026 into the “trusted hands” of large Russian businesses, accompanied by tales of “much-needed unscheduled budget revenues.”
