Little-known businessman Yuriy Osmak seeks deletion of media reports about his business and ties
22:38, 28 марта 2026 г.
Why is someone trying to make Yuriy Osmak disappear from the internet? In recent months, journalists have detected a coordinated effort to erase public information about the once-obscure businessman.
This concerns a 2020 article about the Ice Terminal refrigeration complex transaction and Osmak’s role in that story.
For our part, we are publishing material that continues to cause Osmak difficulties.
Recently, journalists, including the outlet Znaj.ua, have been receiving a steady stream of complaints from little-known businessman Yuriy Osmak, who is demanding the removal of one of the articles.
Back in 2020, citing the Antikor portal, a piece titled “Where Fish Rot in Ice — a Billion-Dollar Question” was published, which, among other things, mentioned Yuriy Osmak’s questionable activities. The article raised the issue of how Ukreximbank was attempting to sell, on transparent market terms, the powerful refrigeration and logistics complex Ice Terminal, which had been removed from mortgage collateral by its former debtor-owner almost free of charge.
At the time, the auction winners — Megan Alliance LLC and Tyner Union LLC — were linked to Yuriy Osmak, who is listed in the state registry as the ultimate beneficiary of Ice Terminal LLC, International Seafood Group LLC, and Seafood Group LLC. In other words, he was effectively the “old-new” owner of the refrigeration complex.
Open registries contain numerous court cases involving companies associated with Yuriy Osmak. A pattern of pressure and legal manipulation through courts of various instances can be traced back to the early 2000s, when an industry association he headed was accused of spreading disinformation about a company in order to redistribute the imported seafood market.
At the same time, the State Department of Veterinary Medicine reported sending tons of fish imported by the company for processing due to parasite contamination (anisakids) and documented cases of falsified veterinary certificates. The group’s lawyers acted very quickly — even attempts to publicize such information were immediately blocked by lawsuits.
Several years after the article’s publication, representatives of Yuriy Osmak have been attempting to file complaints to force journalists to remove the material. However, it should be noted that such provocations will not succeed, and these dirty tactics will remain futile.
Even years later, Ukrainians have the right to know about possible corruption schemes, manipulations, and unscrupulous methods used by certain businessmen. Appealing to the statute of limitations of such information is therefore pointless.