Metinvest is negotiating with the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic about the work of its companies there and pays taxes to the separatists, said the Donetsk region military-civilian administration chairman Pavel Zhebrivsky.
“Communications are for sure. Metinvest companies are working there. Yenakievo and Makeevka Iron and Steel Works, for example. They’re conversing with the separatists. Whatever they say now, I’m sure they’re paying so-called taxes to the so-called DPR. I guess, if they weren’t paying anything, they wouldn’t have been allowed to work. I can’t confirm this. It’s just my thoughts”, said Zhebrivsky.
Metinvest press-service confirmed, that Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works and its Makeevka subsidiary were operating, registered in the territory, controlled by Ukrainian government, but denied any agreements with the separatists. (Ukrainian metal)
