After evaluating the confiscated corporate rights, a management contract will be made with the election winner.
The National Agency for Identification, Monitoring and Management of Assets has been determined as the winner of the competition for the selection of a manager for the detained assets of mineral water producers and distributors, primarily “Morshinskaya”. This is stated on the website of the National Agency for the Detection, Search and Management of Assets Obtained from Corruption and Other Crimes (ARMA).
It was reported that “Carpathian Mineral Waters” LLC won the competition. The company has been operating in the domestic market for more than 15 years with the production of both mineral water and soft drinks. For most Ukrainians, the company’s products may be familiar under the trademark “Karpatska Dzherelna”).
The message also states that the competition started on February 10, 2023, with 10 companies participating but only submitting one document after the deadline. Now, after evaluating the company rights arrested, a management contract will be signed with the winner of the election.
Note that the place of registration of the company “Carpathian Mineral Waters”, according to Youcontrol, is the Lviv region. The owner of the firm is Sergei Ustenko.
Recall that in the summer of 2022 in Ukraine, a company engaged in the production and sale of mineral water was arrested for its shares and funds by a court decision. According to the publication “Economic Fact”, it was about the assets of the company IDS Group Ukraine, which is owned by the Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman. This company owned enterprises for the production of mineral waters “Morshinskaya” and “Mirgorodskaya”.
In fact, IDS Group Ukraine is the leader of the Ukrainian mineral water market. It included companies such as:
- Morshinsky mineral water plant “Oskar”;
- Mirgorodsky mineral water plant;
- Truskavets mineral water plant;
- Company “IDS Aqua Service”;
- Distribution company PJSC “Industrial and distribution systems”.
Who is Mikhail Fridman?
Russian entrepreneur, co-owner and chairman of the supervisory board of the Alfa Group consortium. Considered one of the richest businessmen in Russia and a resident of the United Kingdom. In February-April 2022, he found himself under personal sanctions from the EU and other countries after the Russian Federation launched an all-out war against Ukraine.
In September, media reported that Friedman offered to transfer $1 billion of his personal fortune to the Ukrainian branch of Alfa Bank, which he co-founded. According to people familiar with the situation, this is how Mikhail Fridman wanted to persuade the British authorities to lift the sanctions against him.
It was also learned that Russian billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven, who are co-owners of Alfa-Bank, are ready to sell their stake in the bank. The buyer is expected to be Andrey Kosogov, a longtime business partner of the billionaires. He agreed to buy a Russian bank for $2.3 billion, according to the Financial Times. From its Cypriot parent company.
More Focus He wrote that on March 13, 2023, the European Union extended the sanctions regime against approximately 1,500 individuals and 205 legal entities from the Russian Federation for another six months. Reason: unwillingness of Russia to stop the war against Ukraine.
Source: Focus
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