The Prosecutors Office of the Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea has launched criminal proceedings against Booking.com “for selling stolen property”. Access to the website can be blocked on the territory of Ukraine, according to MP Hryhoriy Lohvynskiy (People’s Front).
“Dutch-based Booking.com, selling accommodation for 1.2 million nights daily, in violation of national and international law, and sanctions imposed, not only contributes to the illegal entry into the occupied territory, cooperates actively with the gang of impostor authorities, but also openly advertises, makes deals, and sells accommodation in health resorts and hotels of Crimea, stolen from Ukraine. Insolence brings the company to even selling tours to resorts seized from the Verkhovna Rada and the Presidential Administration; that is, in fact, stealing money from the Ukrainian authorities. Accordingly, [the company] is an accomplice of a crime under articles 332-1, 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine,” said Lohvynsky.
