In the list of enterprises with questionable privatization, which was prepared by First Vice Prime Minister Anatoliy Kinakh, four are under the control of Russian structures.
This is reported by the Russian newspaper "Kommersant" on Wednesday. The list includes four companies in which Russian capital participates:
- Zaporizhzhia Aluminum Combine (ZAlK) - 93.01% of its shares through OAO "Avtovaz-Invest" is owned by "Sual-Holding" of Viktor Vekselberg;
- ZAT "Lukor", 52.7% of whose shares belong to ZAT "Lukoil-Naftokhim" (a subsidiary structure of NK LUKOIL);
- Mykolaiv Alumina Refinery (MHR), which belongs to OAO "Russian Aluminum",
- ZAT "Rosava", controlled by the "Amtel" holding.
However, as "Kommersant" writes, a number of companies on the list have already averted the threat of reprivatization from themselves. Thus, "Amtel" stated that a week ago a two-week inspection by a commission of the State Property Fund ended at "Rosava".
"The commission remained fully satisfied with the results of the inspection," they said at "Amtel". "We were told that there are no claims against "Rosava" or its owners."
However, the holding still hedged its bets - officially "Amtel" still names "UkrSibbank" as the owner of "Rosava".
At "Lukor" they told "Kommersant": "All our obligations are being fulfilled, and today we are holding negotiations with representatives of the working group; there is a chance that we will resolve the problem."
The inviolability of MHR was previously declared by Kinakh himself. For now, the fate of ZAlK remains uncertain.
Oleksiy Prokhorov, director of the public relations department of "Sual-Holding", stated: "Neither ZAlK, nor "Avtovaz-Invest", nor SUAL were visited by any inspections in connection with the fact that the combine is supposedly included in the list of enterprises subject to 'reprivatization'."
As the newspaper writes, "most likely, Ukrainian reprivatization will primarily affect the assets of local owners."
Political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky said that "Viktor Yushchenko views Russian owners of Ukrainian business as potential lobbyists for his interests in the Kremlin."
"Oleg Deripaska and Viktor Vekselberg are the most influential of them. I think the President of Ukraine will come to an agreement with both, and the business will remain with them. But Deripaska is currently more influential in the Kremlin than Vekselberg. This is also connected to the fact that MHR has almost no problems with the State Property Fund, while speculation around ZAlK continues," said Belkovsky.
The newspaper "Kommersant" also publishes the entire "Kinakh list", whose existence was denied by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and confirmed by National Security and Defense Council Secretary Petro Poroshenko:
1. OAO "Kryvorizhstal", 2. OAO "Central Mining and Processing Plant", 3. OAO "Northern Mining and Processing Plant", 4. OAO "Inhulets Mining and Processing Plant", 5. OAO "Mining and Processing Plant "Sukha Balka", 6. OAO "Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Combine", 7. OAO "Novotroitske Ore Administration", 8. OAO "Dokuchaievsk Flux-Dolomite Combine", 9. OAO "PPP "Kryvbasvybukhprom", 10. OAO "Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant", 11. OAO "Sievierodonetsk Association "Azot", 12. OAO "Zaporizhzhia Production Aluminum Combine", 13. OAO "Mykolaiv Alumina Refinery", 14. OAO "Lukor", 15. ZAT "Rosava", 16. State Holding Company "Chornomorsky Shipbuilding Plant", 17. Refinery "Halychyna", 18. OAO "Rivneazot", 19. OAO "Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Combine named after Dzerzhynsky", 20. NAIC "Oranta", 21. OAO "Nikopol Southern Pipe Plant", 22. OAO "Pure Metals", 23. OAO "Azovmash", 24. OAO "Kherson Shipbuilding Plant", 25. OAO "Rubizhne Cardboard and Packaging Combine", 26. OAO "Kherson Cotton Combine", 27. OAO "Ukrpapirprom", 28. Irshansk Mining and Processing Plant, 29. Vilnohirsk Mining and Processing Plant.