Gladkov commented on Putin’s words about the creation of a SEZ in Shebekino – Kommersant

Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov commented on President Vladimir Putin’s statement of support for the creation of a special economic zone (SEZ) in the city of Shebekino, bordering Ukraine, which has been under fire since the beginning of a special military operation.

“Shebekino enterprises suffered great damage during shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” said Vyacheslav Gladkov in his Telegram channel.—And the support of our President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, as well as the introduction of new forms of economic support for our region, which would allow us to stabilize the economic situation, are very important to us. We look forward to the Russian government’s decision.”

The issue of creating a SEZ in Shebekino in early October was raised by Deputy Governor of the Belgorod Region Dmitry Gladsky at a meeting with journalists. According to him, this project is one of various options for business support that regional authorities are working on with the Ministry of Economic Development. “As long as this is the situation in Shebekino, we need to talk about additional preferences for border areas that stimulate business and investment activity and the restoration of enterprises,” the official said (quote from Bel.ru). Mr. Gladsky emphasized that to create a SEZ, a large volume of documents and an economic justification for the feasibility of its creation are required.

Today, December 14, during the “Results of the Year with Vladimir Putin” to the President appealed Director of the Shebekinsky plant Oksana Kositsyna. “In June, many enterprises in Shebekino were subject to a terrorist attack by the Ukrainian armed forces and were significantly destroyed. In this regard, we want to draw your attention to this problem and help with restoration in the form of federal grants, which will save more than 3 thousand jobs and restore unique production of products that are on the sanctions lists,” said Ms. Kositsyna. She also proposed creating a SEZ in the city for at least “three to five years.” Vladimir Putin responded that the creation of the SEZ should be supported: “I will ask the government to make proposals in the near future.”

Since July last year, Oksana Kositsyna has headed Allnex Belgorod LLC, located in Shebekino, which is structure of a major global manufacturer of resins and additives for construction paints Allnex. Previously, the head of the LLC was Dyer Peter Ronald. According to Kartoteka.ru, 99% of the company’s authorized capital belongs to the Belgian company Allnex Belgium S.A./N.V., another 1% – to the Dutch Allnex Netherlands B.V. The company’s revenue in 2021 exceeded 1.9 billion rubles, the net loss amounted to 34 million rubles. Data on financial indicators for last year in Kartoteka.ru No.

Sergey Tolmachev, Voronezh