{"id":599041,"date":"2026-07-19T17:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T14:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/07\/599041\/are-the-community-s-funds-going-to-a-private-owner-what-did-kim-say-about-vodoliy-and-the-metallurg-hotel\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T17:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T14:01:28","slug":"are-the-community-s-funds-going-to-a-private-owner-what-did-kim-say-about-vodoliy-and-the-metallurg-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/07\/599041\/are-the-community-s-funds-going-to-a-private-owner-what-did-kim-say-about-vodoliy-and-the-metallurg-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Are the community's funds going to a private owner? What did Kim say about \"Vodoliy\" and the \"Metallurg\" hotel?"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the final briefing of the former head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration Vitaliy Oleksandrovych Kim<\/strong>, a journalist raised the question about the fate of the social facilities that were previously associated with the Mykolaiv Alumina Plant.<\/p>\n

It concerned the hotel \u201cMetallurg\u201d and the sports-and-swimming complex \u201cVodoliy\u201d in the Korabelnyi district of Mykolaiv<\/strong>. According to the journalist, about 20 years<\/strong> ago these facilities were separated from the industrial giant and ended up in private hands.<\/p>\n

The journalist also noted that after the transfer of the Mykolaiv Alumina Plant into state ownership, discussions have mainly focused on the plant’s production capacities, the red sludge and the future privatization of the plant. Meanwhile, the issue of the plant’s former social infrastructure has effectively remained out of attention.<\/p>\n

During the briefing the journalist asked Vitaliy Oleksandrovych Kim<\/strong> in detail whether it would be possible to return the \u201cMetallurg\u201d hotel, the \u201cVodoliy\u201d complex and other former social facilities of the Mykolaiv Alumina Plant to the ownership of the Mykolaiv<\/strong> community.<\/p>\n

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“There are a lot of conversations around the Mykolaiv Alumina Plant right now. Even 20 years<\/strong> ago this giant was fragmented: the \u2018Metallurg\u2019 hotel, the sports complex, the \u2018Vodoliy\u2019 swimming pool somehow ended up in private hands. Now the beneficiary is based in Cyprus<\/strong>, and nobody raises this topic because now it’s about the sludge, production capacities, and the social facilities that were removed 20 years<\/strong> ago are left with nothing. And it turns out that now the same \u2018Vodoliy\u2019 is parasitizing on the municipal funds of the Mykolaiv community because it receives huge money in rent. Is there any option to return these social facilities to the Mykolaiv<\/strong> community?”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In response Vitaliy Oleksandrovych Kim<\/strong> stated that the state must act strictly within the law. According to him, court cases around these facilities have already taken place, many of which were lost.<\/p>\n

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“We are a rule-of-law state. I cannot be held responsible for the actions of the leadership 20 years<\/strong> ago. So there were courts, and many were lost. So even if you really want to, the law says that this is how it must be done. How it will go further, I do not know.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

After that, the journalist clarified with Vitaliy Oleksandrovych Kim<\/strong> whether such an answer means that the question of returning \u201cVodoliy\u201d and the \u201cMetallurg\u201d hotel is already finally closed.<\/p>\n

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“Is the topic already closed or not?”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Vitaliy Oleksandrovych Kim<\/strong> replied that the issue was raised and rechecked again last year. According to him, in theory the return of the property could be considered through international judicial bodies, but this should be done by the state.<\/p>\n

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“We only initiated and rechecked it last year. So theoretically it is possible through international courts, but that will be done exclusively by the state.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At the same time Vitaliy Oleksandrovych Kim<\/strong> did not name specific court cases that had already been lost, did not specify who the parties in those proceedings were, and did not say whether new lawsuits have been prepared.<\/p>\n