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Kropachov won 1,44 billion UAH from "Centrenergo", including 717 million UAH in fines
On 3 July, the Commercial Court of Kyiv partially satisfied the claim of LLC "Ukrdoninvest Trading" against PJSC “Centrenergo” (case No. 910/13114/19) and ruled to recover from the defendant in favor of the plaintiff 1,44 billion UAH, including 642,5 million UAH — the value of the coal actually delivered and 717,3 million UAH — a penalty “for unaccepted coal” (quote).
At the same time, the court denied PJSC “Centrenergo” the relief sought in its counterclaim against LLC "Ukrdoninvest Trading" to declare invalid and terminate the coal supply agreement No. 111/20 dated 23.04.2019, writes finbalance
Recall that 03.12.2019 the Supreme Court left unchanged the decisions of the lower courts, which had closed the proceedings in case No. 15/76-b-43/624-b concerning the bankruptcy of PJSC “Centrenergo”.
According to the state register, the ultimate beneficiary of LLC "Ukrdoninvest Trading" is Vitaliy Kropachov (considered close to Ihor Kononenko during Petro Poroshenko’s presidency).
Recently, "Centrenergo" stated that it had begun receiving coal from DTEK of Rinat Akhmetov, but noted that it does not want to buy it under the “Rotterdam+” formula. Prior to that, according to media reports, "Centrenergo" purchased gas and coal (including Russian) from structures linked to Ihor Kolomoisky’s orbit.
Head of the State Property Fund Ihor Sennichenko stated that Centrenergo’s loss for 2019 year amounted to 2 billion UAH, and the company’s accounts payable are about 4 billion UAH. According to him, comparing Centrenergo’s assets and liabilities shows the company has a negative value of 1,4 billion UAH.
78% of Centrenergo’s shares belong to the State Property Fund. D. Sennichenko noted that the privatization of Centrenergo is planned for Q2 2021.
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