Crimea’s interior ministry said Ukrainian businessman Kostyantin Zhevago had been removed from the management of the company, according to Russian media.

It claimed his ownership was illegal and he now faces a potential police inquiry.

Crimea's minister of industry Andrey Skrinnik said that in a letter sent to the law enforcement agencies, employees of the shipyard accuse the main shareholder of buying out their shares at lower prices.

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