President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking about “red lines” for business representatives, believes that they should not influence people’s votes, participate in elections and finance strikes. “You don’t need to influence people’s opinions because you have something. For example, you have control over a large number of people because of the presence of a large number of enterprises. You cannot tell them to vote for this or that person and pay or delay wages in connection with this. Another story: as a businessman, in principle, you should not take part in elections… Further: you have no right to finance strikes. You have no right to ‘pester’ the population, distribute money. It’s hard for the country,” Zelensky said at a marathon press conference on Friday, answering the question of which “red lines” business representatives should not cross.According to Zelensky, business representatives also have no right to bribe MPs.“Well, how can you buy people? It’s slavery,” he said.He also added that people need to see the real situation with who this or that businessman is.“If there is no influence it is cool. We have so rich people. Well, give jobs, develop. The state is very interested, because today it is very difficult to find international investments in the state, but there is domestic investment. We need to reinvest,” the president added.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine is at the beginning of a “big process” and a “big war” on the issue of deoligarchization.“Regarding de-oligarchization, I believe that we are at the beginning of a big process. And we are in progress, and we are in a big war on de-oligarchization,” he said at the press marathon entitled “30 questions for the President of Ukraine” in Kyiv on Friday.According to Zelensky, he “has nothing personal” about the issue of de-oligarchization.“I respect big business with respect to jobs. But it is very important that big business is not top business tycoons who influence the media, politicians. I think this is very important,” he added.
By the beginning of the winter holidays season, the wave of COVID-19 may leave Ukraine, chief sanitary doctor of Ukraine Ihor Kuzin predicts.“By the New Year, the wave should already leave the territory of Ukraine. According to the forecasts that we use, the peak rates of morbidity and hospitalization are in mid-November. We have now almost crossed the peak of rates,” he said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.He said that the Ministry of Health, together with winter resorts, is developing a strategy for working during the winter holidays.“We have already started talking with winter resorts about the regime – how to ensure compliance with the requirements of anti-epidemic legislation. The joint position is that it is difficult to ensure control over vaccination certificates or PCR tests on chairlifts, so resorts offer some verification at the point of entry, for example, at the entrance to a hotel or at a sports equipment rental shop,” he said.Kuzin emphasized that the point is to ensure that winter resorts are safe, and there are no organizational or logistical obstacles for vaccinated people.
Obolon Corporation (Kyiv), one of the largest brewing companies in Ukraine, in January-September 2021 reduced its net profit by 87% compared to the nine months of 2020 – to UAH 48.64 million.According to the corporation’s report in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission, its revenue for the specified period increased by 6.3% – to UAH 4.68 billion, assets did not change significantly and amounted to UAH 5.88 billion, and retained earnings halved – to UAH 167.84 million.According to the report, on July 22, 2020 Obolon sold 100% of the corporate rights of Rokytne Glass Factory (Rokytne village, Rivne region) in favor of Water Word LLC (Lutsk) and a resident individual, the transaction amounted to UAH 53.22 million.According to the unified state register of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, the ultimate beneficiary of Obolon is Ukrainian businessman and ex-MP Oleksandr Slobodian.Obolon Corporation produces beer, soft and low alcohol drinks, mineral water, snacks, and is the country’s largest exporter of beer.It includes the main plant in Kyiv and nine enterprises in the regions of the country.
British-based Ferrexpo plc, which controls in Ukraine, in particular, Poltava and Yeristovo mining and processing plants (GOK), in January-October this year, according to recent data, increased production of pellets by 0.1% compared to the same period last year – up to 9.19 million tonnes.A representative of the company informed Interfax-Ukraine in October production of pellets amounted to 1.035 million tonnes.At the same time, the company produced 12.18 million tonnes of iron ore concentrate, which is 5.9% higher than in the same period last year, in October it produced 1.24 million tonnes.According to the company’s presentation, in November the daily production of pellets will increase in comparison with October and September to almost 35,000 tonnes per day, which will allow to increase the overall production of pellets in the fourth quarter.In 2022, the company predicts an increase in pellet production above the level of 2021, in particular pellet production through direct reduction with a 67% iron content will be in the range of 0.5-1 million tonnes.Ferrexpo is an iron ore company with assets in Ukraine.Ferrexpo owns 100% of the shares of Poltava GOK, 100% of Yeristovo GOK and 99.9% of Belanovo GOK.
The start of repair work at three regional airports in Ukraine and the completion of work at the airports of Dnipro and Kryvy Rih is scheduled for 2022.”In 2022 we plan the start of work at Poltava airport, since the design and estimate documentation will be approved by the state examination by the end of this year, a tender will be announced and we hope that construction work will begin next year,” advisor to the Big Construction presidential program Oleh Varyvoda said during the forum “Great Construction: Aviation. Tourism” in Kyiv.According to him, plans for 2022 include the beginning of reconstruction at the airports of Zhytomyr and Chernivtsi. In addition, in 2022, it is planned to complete work at the airports of Dnipro and Kryvy Rih.
