In November Russia supplied some 280 thousand tons of coal illegally taken from the occupied Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine to Europe, up by 18.6% MoM, or by 44 thousand tons.
The largest exporters of Donbass coal are companies, controlled to the fugitive Ukrainian businessman Sergey Kurchenko.
In particular, in October his two companies – Petroleum Capital and Gaz-Alians – accounted for over half of all illegal exports (140.3 thousand tons).
According to the Russian Railroads statistics, since October Russia has sharply increased anthracite deliveries to Poland. Thus, in September it supplied only 4.3 thousand tons, while in October – 31.6 thousand tons and in November – 22.2 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)