Ukrainian enterprises operating in the DPR should. Which Donbass enterprises nationalized the DPR and LPR

DONETSK, March 1 - PRIME. External management will be introduced from March 1 at all Ukrainian enterprises on the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, if these enterprises were not registered in the DPR and LPR. This decision was made by the heads of the republics in response to the transport blockade of Donbass.

At the end of January, a group of former participants in the military operation in Donbass, including deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, blocked freight railway communication with the territory of Donbass not controlled by Kyiv in a number of areas. They stated that, in their opinion, any trade with the self-proclaimed republics was illegal. The blockade led to interruptions in the supply of anthracite coal, which is mined in the territories of Donbass not controlled by Kyiv. In this regard, the Ukrainian authorities were forced to introduce emergency measures in the energy sector in order to save resources, and a number of industrial enterprises were forced to stop production.

On Monday, the heads of the LPR and DPR announced that the self-proclaimed republics would stop supplying coal to Kyiv if the railway blockade continued. In addition, they promised that if the blockade is not lifted by 00.00 on March 1, then external control will be introduced at all enterprises of Ukrainian jurisdiction operating in the DPR and LPR.

ULTIMATUUM OF THE SELF-PROCLAIMED REPUBLICS

Due to the transport blockade, a number of large Donbass enterprises along both lines of contact stopped production. Among them are the Yenakievo Metallurgical Plant in the DPR and Krasnodonugol in the LPR, which are part of the Metinvest group, owned by Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov.

“The Yenakievo Metallurgical Plant and some other enterprises have stopped working; they need to be restarted. And if they are not re-registered by Wednesday, then they will all come under our control completely. This applies to stadiums and hotels,” DPR head Alexander Zakharchenko told the press. -conferences.

At emergency meetings on Monday, parliamentarians of the DPR and LPR adopted relevant changes to the legislation. They allow the introduction of external management at enterprises of Ukrainian jurisdiction that do not register on the territory of the republics before March 1.

Also, the DPR and LPR announced the creation of special headquarters to control the transfer of enterprises under Ukrainian jurisdiction to external management. The LPR emphasized that the employees of these enterprises will retain their positions.

“The created headquarters does not intend to keep enterprises afloat, but to promote their further development and reorientation towards Russia,” said Vladimir Degtyarenko, Chairman of the People’s Council of the LPR.

REACTION OF OFFICIAL Kyiv AND ORGANIZERS OF THE BLOCKADE

The organizers of the trade blockade immediately stated that they do not intend to stop the action; on the contrary, they plan to “expand the geography of the blockade.”

“The headquarters of the blockade calls on the patriots of Ukraine to come to the aid of the garrisons of the redoubts and plans to immediately expand the geography of the blockade, blocking the last routes where streams of trade in blood still exist,” said the headquarters of activists of the trade blockade.

In Kyiv, the ultimatum of the heads of the self-proclaimed republics was called an attempt to freeze the conflict in Donbass and stated that the coal produced in the territory not controlled by Kyiv is Ukrainian and should not be the subject of blackmail.

“Today they are using the scenario of a frozen conflict and a repetition of the Transnistria scenario in Donbass. And who will suffer from this? Ukraine and Ukrainians,” said Ukrainian Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman.

The Ministry for Temporarily Occupied Territories warned that the heads of Ukrainian enterprises who agreed to “nationalization” by the authorities of the DPR and LPR will bear criminal liability “for financing terrorism.”

“Most likely, unfortunately, if these threats are realized (about “nationalization” - ed.), then their future is complete destruction. Secondly, I want to appeal to the heads of these enterprises so that they do not forget that if agreed and the commission of such actions, the personal heads of these enterprises will be subject to criminal liability,” said Deputy Minister of Ukraine for the Affairs of Temporarily Occupied Territories Georgiy Tuka.

In turn, some managers of enterprises located in territories controlled by the DPR and LPR stated that they would work only within the framework of Ukrainian legislation.

“The company has worked, is working and will continue to work exclusively within the framework of Ukrainian legislation, this is our principle that has been used all these years and, I think, will be used,” said Maxim Timchenko, CEO of Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK.

PROSPECTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF "NATIONALIZATION" OF ENTERPRISES

The “nationalization” of enterprises under Ukrainian jurisdiction will only aggravate the conflict in the Donbass and will have serious consequences for the factories themselves and their workers, representatives of the Ukrainian opposition said. In their statement, they noted that “nationalization” will not solve the problem of enterprises: they will be left without legal contracts, and their employees will be left without work and livelihoods.”

According to the leader of the Opposition Bloc, Yuri Boyko, the current situation is the consequences of delaying the implementation of the Minsk agreements. And the trade blockade of Donbass and “nationalization” will further “push” these territories away from Ukraine.

“No specific actions were taken to end the blockade. The blockade does not contribute to the return of people and territories, but on the contrary creates conditions for their separation. We were categorically against the blockade and expected decisive action from the authorities. “Nationalization” of enterprises is pushing away part of the country, and We are also against this,” Boyko noted.

In turn, the representative of Kyiv in the political subgroup on Ukraine, Olga Aivazovskaya, said that the introduction by the authorities of the DPR and LPR of external management at enterprises of Ukrainian jurisdiction will affect the negotiation process to resolve the conflict in Donbass.

“If the nationalization of Ukrainian enterprises in the occupied territories occurs, this will negatively affect the Minsk negotiations. Ukraine will lose legal control over the enterprises, and the situation will also affect the employees of the enterprises. Any nationalization is a signal of a potential freezing of the conflict,” Aivazovskaya believes.

Representatives of Donbass explain that the decision to introduce external management at Ukrainian enterprises is forced. The first priority is to get them back to work and save jobs. According to the head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko, this will take about two months.

“In a short period of time, we will have to rebuild the industry and change sales markets. The main task is to ensure the uninterrupted operation of enterprises, wages and work for the workers of these enterprises,” Zakharchenko said.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the DPR emphasized that there is no doubt that it will be possible to reorient enterprises from the Ukrainian market to the markets of the Russian Federation and other countries. In addition, the transfer of all non-resident enterprises under republican jurisdiction will only expand the range of foreign trade relations of the DPR.

“Despite the difficulties with political recognition of the republic, our enterprises quite successfully cooperate with countries near and far abroad. In fact, our manufacturers began the process of leaving Ukrainian sales markets in favor of other countries more than two years ago. The state also has some experience in this , and there are business circles,” noted the acting Minister of Industry and Trade of the DPR Alexey Granovsky.

In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed LPR and DPR, which declared independence after the coup in Ukraine in February 2014. According to the latest UN data, more than 10 thousand people became victims of the conflict.

The issue of resolving the situation in Donbass is being discussed, including during meetings in Minsk of the contact group, which since September 2014 has already adopted three documents regulating steps to de-escalate the conflict. However, even after the truce agreements, firefights continued between the parties to the conflict.

On March 1, the authorities of the self-proclaimed republics of Donbass began to introduce so-called “temporary external management” at those local enterprises that continue to operate under Ukrainian laws and are registered in territory controlled by Kyiv. We are talking about factories, mines and companies - including those that are part of the System Capital Management (SKR) group of companies, which unites the assets of Rinat Akhmetov.

First victims

According to the head of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" ("DPR") Alexander Zakharchenko, 40 enterprises will fall under the control of "external management", most of which are related to the fuel and energy complex and metallurgy. The "Lugansk People's Republic" ("LPR") also does not specify a specific list of enterprises, although they note that it includes at least three enterprises of Rinat Akhmetov: "Krasnodonugol" from the Metinvest holding and two DTEK mines - "Rovenkianthracite" and " Sverdlovanthracite".

Thus, the business of Akhmetov’s SCM group is perhaps the main object of “temporary external control” of the separatists. According to the Ministry of Economic Development, of the 20 largest industrial enterprises in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions not controlled by Kyiv, which employ more than 70 thousand workers, 17 are part of DTEK and Metinvest, three more are part of the ISD group, owned by deputy Sergei Taruta and a group of Russian investors .

SCM has not yet confirmed the introduction of “external control,” although on March 1 they announced the seizure of the Donetsk office of the telecommunications company Ukrtelecom, and the day before - the blocking of their own humanitarian aid centers. At the same time, the group confirms that armed groups have been spotted near some enterprises since March 1.

Ultimatum

The issue of “nationalization” of Ukrainian enterprises was raised by the authorities of the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR almost from the very beginning of their existence. Almost immediately, state and utility enterprises in the region came under the control of the separatists - local markets, state mines, energy and heat supply organizations, as well as the fuel business and banking institutions of Igor Kolomoisky, the local branch of the telecom operator Kyivstar.

During 2015-2016, “nationalization” was sporadic: for example, in the fall of 2016, a “temporary administration” was introduced at the Stalkanat-Silur plant in Khartsyzsk.

However, according to co-owner of ISD Sergei Taruta, the authorities of the self-proclaimed republics until recently did not encroach on enterprises that re-registered in Ukraine in 2014-2015 and paid taxes to the state budget. “The economic subgroup of Minsk has a list of such enterprises. At each meeting, the conditions of their work are discussed. If the separatists interfere, then there is an immediate reaction, and the separatists get hit on the head by the Kremlin,” he noted in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.

However, in early February of this year, the “people’s councils” of the so-called “DPR” and “LPR” simultaneously adopted bills in which, in essence, they put forward an ultimatum to local enterprises operating under Ukrainian laws: either they pay taxes to the self-proclaimed authorities, or let them prepare for the arrival of “temporary administrations”, that is, in fact, to the seizure.

Blockade as a reason

The ultimatum expired on March 31. The leadership of SCM and ISD almost immediately announced that they would not accept the conditions of the separatists and would continue to work according to Ukrainian laws. “We didn’t take this threat seriously at first,” a top manager at one of Metinvest’s enterprises in government-controlled territory told DW. “We were much more worried about this one, which was disrupting our technological cycles.” (Railway blockade of areas of Donetsk and Lugansk regions not controlled by Kyiv by a group of ATO veterans in order to force the authorities in Kyiv to stop supplies of coal from the self-proclaimed “DPR” and “LPR.” - Ed.).

It was because of the blockade, according to management, that Metinvest was forced to stop the work of the Yenakievo metallurgical plant and the Krasnodonugol mines, and ISD - the metallurgical and coke plants in Alchevsk.

Context

But the blockade also affected the plans of the separatists. On February 27, the leaders of the “DPR” and “LPR” issued a statement in which they called on the Ukrainian government to lift the transport blockade of the “republics” by March 1, threatening the “nationalization” of Ukrainian enterprises and the cessation of coal supplies to the controlled territories.

Reorientation towards Russia or collapse?

According to the Security Service of Ukraine, enterprises located in uncontrolled territories paid about 32 billion hryvnia in taxes to the Ukrainian budget in 2016. This amount is extremely sensitive for the budgets of the “DPR” and “LPR,” which are almost entirely dependent on Russian subsidies, which have been declining recently.

However, in order to pay taxes, enterprises must operate and sell products. The leadership of the separatists promises to reorient them towards Russian sales markets - in the short term, this will help overcome the negative consequences of the blockade, and in the long term, it will weaken the Ukrainian economy, depriving it of energy resources and raw materials.

However, according to the chairman of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine, Mikhail Volynets, the separatists’ plans are connected with corruption schemes to circumvent the blockade. “Ore, anthracite and coking coal will again be exported to Rostov or Taganrog, and from there they will be imported by sea to Mariupol under the guise of Russian or even South African products, as happened in 2015. Again, someone will make money from this,” he predicts.

Metinvest has already spoken about the need to reorient itself to Russian coke due to the blockade, noting the sharp rise in prices for Russian raw materials. According to estimates by the president of the Ukrmetallurgprom industry association, Alexander Kalenkov, the losses of Ukrainian industry from the cessation of supplies of raw materials from areas not controlled by Kyiv in 2017 could amount to $3.5 billion.

According to Mikhail Volynets, the separatists’ “external management” administrations will not be able to manage the region’s metallurgical and energy enterprises for a long time - due to a lack of qualified personnel and legal claims from former owners. Deputy Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons Georgiy Tuka shares the same opinion, predicting that the nationalized factories will simply be “cut into scrap metal.”

However, the top management of Metinvest enterprises is wary of the separatists' plans. “For several weeks now, “on the other side” they have been discussing a plan to create a single holding company “Metenergo” based on the enterprises of DTEK, Metinvest and ISD, which will be handled by people from the Russian government. But we are still not sure whether these are real plans or an element of blackmail ", added DW's interlocutor at one of the holding companies.

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Under crossfire

Shooting usually starts at sunset. Every night the line of contact between the parties to the conflict in the Donetsk region is subject to mortar and machine gun fire. Elderly residents who lack the means to leave are regularly caught in the crossfire of the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists. In the photo - resident of the village of Zhovanki Ivan Polansky in his house, destroyed as a result of shelling.

Conflict in Donbass: Life on the line of fire

Every day in anticipation of shelling

“Every day you expect a shell to fall on your house, and you don’t know when it will happen,” complains Lyudmila Studerikova, who lives in Zhovanka on the demarcation line between the parties to the conflict in Donbass, while waiting to see a doctor. Once a week, doctors deploy a mobile first-aid post in the village.

Conflict in Donbass: Life on the line of fire

No electricity or heating

After the outbreak of the conflict in Donbass in the spring of 2014, the population of Zhovanka decreased from one thousand to two hundred people. Local residents have been without gas and electricity for three months. “Sometimes I’m so scared that I lie in bed at night and shake,” says Lyudmila Studerikova.

Conflict in Donbass: Life on the line of fire

Nowhere to go

Even in winter, people continue to live in dilapidated houses with leaking roofs. They have nowhere to go, because after the start of the conflict, housing rent in neighboring cities has risen sharply. “Rent in Kramatorsk now costs the same as in Kyiv, although salaries are much lower,” complains Alexander Voroshkov, coordinator of the Kramatorsk headquarters for assistance to internally displaced persons.

Conflict in Donbass: Life on the line of fire

Hoping for humanitarian aid

Residents of Zhovanka queue for medicines. Charitable organizations deliver food and humanitarian aid here. Those who want to leave the village sometimes have to spend a whole day in line at the checkpoint. “We had everything: fresh air, nature. It was very good here,” recalls Vera Sharovarova, who lives in the village. “Now it’s just cold here.”

Conflict in Donbass: Life on the line of fire

People have adapted to war

The village of Spartak in the Donetsk region is controlled by separatists. According to its resident Vera Anoshina, she adapted to life in a combat zone as best she could. "If you don't have water, you find it. If you don't have electricity, you find a way. But you never know where the next bomb will fall," the woman says.

Conflict in Donbass: Life on the line of fire

Six broken ribs

Another resident of Spartak, Svetlana Zavadenko, was covered with debris from a wall during artillery shelling. Several shells exploded right in her yard. Neighbors had to literally dig the woman out from under the rubble. She was taken to hospital with six broken ribs and a ruptured lung.

Conflict in Donbass: Life on the line of fire

"We have lost hope"

After being discharged from the hospital, Svetlana Zavadenko returned to her village, where she lives alone. Since 2014, there has been no electricity, gas or water in Spartak, so she has to cook on the grill. A woman goes to an abandoned furniture factory to get firewood. “Last winter we thought the war was over, but now, frankly speaking, we have lost hope,” she laments.

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Poroshenko is ready to withdraw troops...

Despite numerous unsuccessful attempts to establish peace, a ceasefire may be declared again in the near future. After the October Normandy Four summit, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he was ready to stop fighting in eastern Ukraine and withdraw troops.

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... but the military has a different opinion

But even if the parties to the conflict agree to a truce, they will face resistance from their military. “We have lost too many fighters to stop now,” says Colonel of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Ukrainian Army Vladimir Parkhamovich. “If we are ordered (to stop hostilities - Ed.), we will consider it a betrayal.”

Enterprises located on the territory of the LDPR and controlled by Kyiv were transferred to the external management of the DPR and LPR. Details are in the material Federal News Agency.

From 0.00 on March 1, external management is introduced over enterprises under Ukrainian jurisdiction located in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, that is, from this day the republics become external administrators, and taxes from enterprises will go to the budget of the republics.

On the territory of the DPR, in particular, the Yenakievo Metallurgical Plant and the Khartsyz Pipe Plant are located. Both enterprises are part of the Metallinvest group. Also in the DPR today there are Makeyevsky and Yasinovatsky coke plants and the Donetsk Metallurgical Plant, which are part of the Donetskstal group. In addition, there are more than 20 mines in the DPR. The largest one, named after Zasyadko, is located in Donetsk.

The Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works (Metinvest company) and PJSC Krasnodonugol, the mines of Rovenkianthracite LLC and Sverdlovskanthracite LLC (DTEK company) operate on the territory of the LPR.

The concept of “external administration” means a procedure in a bankruptcy case. It is applied to the debtor in order to restore his solvency with the transfer of powers to manage the debtor to an external manager. From the moment a new administrator is introduced, the head of the debtor company (legal entity) is removed from office. If we focus on the laws of Russia, then within three days the new administrator must be handed over the accounting and other documentation of the legal entity, seals and stamps, material and other assets. In the case of DPR enterprises, according to the law “On the Tax System” adopted by the deputies of the People’s Council, legal entities and individuals - entrepreneurs who are not residents of the republic, were obliged to enter into agreements with DPR tax agencies before March 1, 2017.

As Gazeta.ru previously reported, the heads of the DPR and LPR Alexander Zakharchenko And Igor Plotnitsky Kyiv was warned: if the transport blockade of Donbass is not stopped by March 1, the republics will introduce external control at enterprises under Ukrainian jurisdiction and cut off coal supplies to Ukraine.

Let us note that residents of the republics supported the idea and the day before they came out to a rally of thousands with the slogans “Farewell, Ukraine”, “Kyiv, stop robbing Donbass”. In addition, people do not like the fact that enterprises did not contribute a penny to the budget of both republics, but continued to pay taxes to the budget of Ukraine.

Ex-deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, presidential candidate from the Committee for the Salvation of Ukraine (KSU) proclaimed in Moscow Vladimir Oleynik in a conversation with a FAN correspondent, he said that in the current situation we need to look at things realistically. As they say, in love and war, all means are fair.

“You need to look at things realistically - there is war in Donbass. During war, completely unconstitutional decisions are sometimes made, but in the interests of the people who have to survive in these conditions. On the one hand, the right to property is recognized throughout the world, it is spelled out in the constitution. But on the other hand, there are the rights of ordinary people, their right to life,” Vladimir Oleynik comments for FAN. - The blockade means the closure of enterprises, hundreds of thousands of unemployed, no wages, no pensions. And the work scheme itself is surprising - the enterprise operates on the territory of the DPR or LPR, and contributions go to the budget of Ukraine, from which the nationalist battalions and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are financed, which fire at the workers of these enterprises. This is complete absurdity."

“If the owners do not want to do what is needed, then a new work scheme is gradually introduced: a new administration that will manage this process. The management that exists today is subordinate to the owner. And the position of the oligarchs was clear: just try to work according to a different scheme...

You cannot lose the market for coal, coke, metal, and so on. After all, there are enterprises there with a continuous cycle that cannot be stopped,” says FAN’s interlocutor. - In this case, this is a decision in war conditions. But neither the LPR nor the DPR created the conditions for such decisions. The Ukrainian illegitimate government and national formations are to blame for everything. There is an expression: “The revolution devours its children.” Ukraine has its own specifics - children armed to the teeth begin to devour their revolution.”

DONETSK, March 1 – RIA Novosti. External management will be introduced from March 1 at all Ukrainian enterprises on the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, if these enterprises were not registered in the DPR and LPR. This decision was made by the heads of the republics in response to the transport blockade of Donbass.

Ultimatum from the self-proclaimed republics

Reaction of official Kyiv and the organizers of the blockade

The organizers of the trade blockade immediately stated that they do not intend to stop the action; on the contrary, they plan to “expand the geography of the blockade.”

In turn, some managers of enterprises located in territories controlled by the DPR and LPR stated that they would work only within the framework of Ukrainian legislation.

Prospects and consequences of "nationalization" of enterprises

Donbass will survive the blockade. But Kyiv is unlikelyThe Kiev authorities are openly afraid to disperse the participants in the blockade of Donbass. And they feel this fear - and continue to press. And it seems that there is simply no painless way out of this situation for Kyiv.

With the beginning of spring, external management is being introduced in the DPR and LPR at enterprises under Ukrainian jurisdiction. Representatives of a headquarters specially created for this purpose, which included deputies of the People's Council, as well as delegates from trade unions and labor collectives, are already visiting factories and mines, taking inventory there, meeting with employees and conducting explanatory work.

According to the head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko, about 40 enterprises have already come under the external control of the DPR. As noted in the republic, the need to solve this problem first arose back in 2014, when the DPR was just created.

Despite the fact that in our declaration of sovereignty it was stated that all enterprises on the territory of the DPR are the property of the republic, in practice this provision could not be fully implemented: we had large metallurgical, coke and chemical enterprises that operated outside the jurisdiction DPR. But after the Ukrainian blockade cut off the supply of raw materials to us and finished products from us, circumstances acquired the character of force majeure. It was necessary to take some measures,” explains the current situation, ex-chairman of the Supreme Council of the DPR, one of the developers of the Declaration of Independence of the DPR, Boris Litvinov.

According to him, due to the fact that Ukrainian enterprises operated in the DPR, from 1.5 to 2 billion hryvnia were sent to Ukraine annually. The authorities of the republic put up with this in order to save jobs, although salaries were again calculated on Ukrainian territory and 1.5 percent was deducted from it to finance the military operation in the Donbass. But the blockade organized by the nationalists, Ukraine put the DPR government in an almost hopeless situation.

At first glance, events developed rapidly. After the joint statement of the heads of the DPR and LPR, Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky, was released about starting from March 1 at enterprises under Ukrainian jurisdiction if the blockade is not lifted, a meeting of the People's Council and the Council of Ministers was urgently convened in the DPR. However, the owners of enterprises were warned about the need to build relationships in a new way and come under the jurisdiction of the DPR a month and a half ago. Apparently they ignored this warning.

Even when the ultimatum was given, none of the Ukrainian owners contacted the DPR, and the blockade did not stop.

Today, the blockade by the radicals is working for us rather than against us. Factories that do not start paying taxes to the DPR budget and cannot guarantee work and fulfill social obligations to the residents of the Republic will come under external government control. And we have all the mechanisms to carry out this transition with automatic reorientation to Russia as quickly and painlessly as possible,” said the acting director. Minister of Economic Development of the DPR Victoria Romanyuk.

Meanwhile, the republic emphasizes that this is not about nationalization, but about external management. Nationalization requires the adoption of an appropriate law and a detailed resolution of the Council of Ministers. These documents were not adopted or even discussed, although the “left” political forces of the republic have a draft of such a law.

I believe that introducing external management is the right step. We are already approached by competent specialists who are ready to apply their knowledge and skills in enterprise management. And if we remember the potential of the Donetsk region, which brought 20 percent of Ukraine’s GDP, the potential of these enterprises is quite high. But of course, due to the blockade, some difficult issues will arise. For example, metallurgical plants used to receive raw materials in Krivoy Rog, but now, probably, they need to be reoriented to Stary Oskol. For the coke industry, special grades of coal will also have to be imported from Russia. Our coal for coking may not be enough, says Boris Litvinov.

However, in general, the republic perceives the beginning changes positively. Moreover, they are associated with hopes for restoring the economic potential of Donbass.

The time has come for enterprises located on the territory of the DPR to bring income to our budget, and not give it to Ukraine. For this, the necessary legislative framework has already appeared, and over the past two years, new chains for obtaining resources and marketing products have been created and developed,” says DPR People’s Council deputy Miroslav Rudenko.

For more than two years, during which the blockade has lasted, we have learned to systematically rebuild our economy towards the Russian Federation,” Victoria Romanyuk agrees with him. - Many domestic enterprises already have access to foreign markets and maintain foreign trade relations with more than 60 countries. The DPR exports products from the engineering, metallurgical, chemical, food, pharmaceutical, and light industries abroad. In addition, the energy resources and production potential of the republic will allow us not only to provide ourselves with all the necessary conditions for the full functioning of society, but also to establish strong economic ties with a number of states interested in our products.

By the way, good news for employees of enterprises for which external management is introduced: their wage fund will be fully preserved. Those who wish to stay and work will be able to do so. Moreover, at some enterprises the length of the working week, which was shortened due to the blockade, will increase, which means that workers’ incomes will also increase. But, as noted in the DPR, management tied to the structures of Ukrainian oligarchs will most likely have to part with.

Now the most important thing is to explain the situation to people and reassure them so that there is no unrest, since there is a real danger that Ukrainian business owners will try to destabilize the situation, notes Miroslav Rudenko.