The Foundation of American public figure and businessman Howard Graham Buffett is preparing to provide Kharkiv region with experimental drones that will help identify mines from the air, the OVA head Oleg Sinegubov said.
“The Howard Buffett Foundation wants to provide us with experimental drones to detect from the air, survey the area and map (the location) of mines with the corresponding coordinates,” Sinegubov said at a briefing on Tuesday.
“At the moment, this equipment is already receiving all export licenses and certificates in the United States. As soon as they pass, they will immediately enter the territory of the Kharkov region. This fund has identified the territory of the Kharkiv region as a priority,” the head of the OVA added.
As it was reported earlier, Buffett donated four modern mobile DNA laboratories ANDE 6C and 300 chips to them, which conduct express analysis of DNA samples, as well as 19 powerful generators to ensure the operation of critical and social infrastructure facilities in the region during power outages resulting from armed Russian aggression, to Kharkiv police.
As is well known, Kharkiv region is considered the most contaminated with explosives in Ukraine.
Export changes in % to previous period in 2021-2022
Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news
The net loss of PJSC Artweineri (formerly Artemivsk Winery, Kyiv), whose main facilities are located in Bakhmut, in 2022 was UAH 77.29 million, while the company finished 2021 with a net profit of UAH 47.17 million.
According to the company’s announcement of the annual meeting of shareholders on April 24, as a result, if at the end of 2021 the undistributed profits of Artvineri was UAH 75.46 million, then in 2023 the company met with uncovered losses of UAH 1.83 million.
The PJSC plans at the meeting of shareholders to compensate for the losses incurred by the company in 2022 at the expense of retained earnings, and to cover the losses not covered by it at the expense of future years’ profits.
According to the information, Artweineri’s assets decreased by 21% last year, to UAH 705.72 mln, including fixed assets – by 12.8%, to UAH 115.14 mln.
The company managed to decrease the total accounts receivable by 2.6 times to UAH 132.8 mln and reduce the current liabilities by 20% to UAH 445.92 mln, while maintaining a small long-term debt of UAH 7.1 mln.
In addition, the company increased its reserves by 2.4% to UAH 392.49 mln and free cash by 3.4 times to UAH 50.68 mln.
“Artweineri is one of the largest East European producers of sparkling wines by traditional bottling methods. Its capacity was 25 mln bottles annually. The company’s TMs are Krym, Artemovskoye, Krimart, Charte and Soloking. The company has export experience in more than 20 countries.
“NV Business” reported last September that Artvineri’s plant and warehouses in Bakhmut were mothballed, while the company set up bottling of the five most popular varieties of Artemovskoye at the production facilities of Tairov Winery’s partners.
Ports “Chernomorsk” and “Pivdenniy” within the framework of “grain initiative” on Monday sent 150 thousand tons of agricultural products by three vessels to Asian countries, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Monday.
“In particular, the bulk carrier ASL Ileana with 54,600 tons of wheat for Bangladesh,” the ministry pointed out.
The ministry said that Bangladesh remains a key consumer of Ukrainian wheat: since the beginning of the “grain initiative” the country has received more than 710 thousand tons of wheat from Ukraine.
“These volumes could have been higher if the Russians had not purposefully slowed down the inspection of ships in Turkey,” the ministry stressed.
According to the Ministry, there are an average of six inspections per day for both entry and exit ports, or half of the approved plan. In the Bosphorus, 94 ships are waiting for their turn to be inspected by the Joint Coordination Center (JCC).
A total of 848 vessels have left the ports of Greater Odessa since August 1, exporting 25.9 million tons of Ukrainian food to Asia, Europe and Africa.
“The Grain Deal” was concluded in Istanbul on July 22, 2022. The UN, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine signed two documents – on the creation of a corridor for the export of grain from three Ukrainian ports (Chornomorsk, Odessa and Pivdennyy) and on the removal of barriers to the export of Russian food and fertilizers for a period of 120 days with the possibility of extension.
On March 18, when the initiative was set to expire again, the UN said it would be extended. It did not specify any timeframe, but the Turkish press, citing claims by the Ukrainian side, reported that it was “an extension of 120 days,” while the Russian side insisted that the initiative had been extended for only 60 days.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Tinh has instructed to prepare amendments to the law on entry, exit and transit of foreigners and to extend visa-free stay for them from 15 to 45 days, according to Vietnam Net.
“The majority of cabinet members agreed with the proposal to increase the visa-free stay in Vietnam for tourists from a number of countries from 15 to 45 days, and the period of stay on an online visa from 30 to 90 days,” the publication writes.
Currently, Vietnam offers a single-entry electronic visa for a month for tourists from 80 countries.
Vietnam has become one of the first countries in Southeast Asia to fully open to international tourism after the pandemic coronavirus. Last year, only 3.6 million tourists visited the country, 20% of the pre-pandemic level.
In 2023, Vietnam plans to welcome 8 million foreign travelers.
PJSC “Multiplex-Holding” (Kiev), which develops a network of cinemas Multiplex in Ukraine, at the end of 2022 received UAH 8.6 million net profit, while 2021 ended with a loss of UAH 47.3 million.
According to the company announcement in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSCM) about the annual general meeting of shareholders on April 28, the profit is planned to be used to replenish working capital.
According to preliminary data, the uncovered loss of Multiplex-Holding decreased slightly last year and amounted to UAH 378.6 mln. Total accounts receivable increased by 86% up to 299 million UAH, current liabilities increased by 4% to 1.13 billion UAH, while the long-term liabilities at the end of the year were absent.
Last year, fixed assets of PJSC decreased by 18% to UAH 399.5 mln, inventory – by 41% to UAH 27.2 mln. The value of assets in 2022 increased by 6.4% to UAH 841.7 mln.
According to the meeting agenda the shareholders also plan to approve the loan agreement with FUIB with the possibility of obtaining individual loans of up to UAH 100 mn for a term of up to five years and a loan rate of no more than 30% per annum.
As reported, the net loss of “Multiplex-Holding” in 2021 was UAH 47.3 million, in 2020 – UAH 187.6 million.
Multiplex-Holding was founded in 2003. At the end of 2022 the network consisted of 29 cinemas, eight of which suffered varying degrees of damage due to the Russian military aggression.
According to the NKTSBFR, the shareholders of CHA for the fourth quarter of 2022 were “AMC Contador” PVNZIF “Avior” (13.9%), “AMC Capital Group” PVNZ “Capital Record” (11%) and PVNZ “National Capital” (7.6%), “Investrotbud” (9.8%), and “ZNVKIF “Vasat” (49%).
According to Opendatabot, Ksenia Trofimenko is the ultimate beneficiary of Multiplex-Holding.
