Russia: Mechel asking for help in recovering 50% of money paid for Ukraine’s DEMZ
Mechel has asked the Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak to help return 50% of funds invested in the Donetsk Electrometallurgical Works (Ukraine). The company received DMEZ in 2009 under an agreement with A1. In 2 years Mechel bought the plant for $537 million with the funds borrowed from Alfa-Bank. The company had to pay the…