The largest German investor in the Russian construction industry, Knauf, was included in the list of international sponsors of the war.
The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption has added German construction materials manufacturer Knauf to its list of international sponsors of terrorism. This was reported by the NAPC press service.
It was noted that in 2022 alone, the company paid about $117 million to the Russian budget. In addition, Knauf actively promotes mobilization in Russia, which sends its employees to the war against Ukraine.
In total, since 1993, the German company has invested more than 1.65 billion euros in the Russian economy. Knauf is represented in the Russian Federation by 10 subsidiaries, 20 factories and about 30 resource centers.
The German manufacturer of building materials has 4,000 employees in Russia. Today Knauf is the largest German investor in the Russian construction industry.
The company also has operating facilities for the production of acoustic ceiling tiles and suspension systems in the Special Economic Zone of Alabuga (Tatarstan), on the territory of which Russian production of the Shahed-136 UAV is organized.
The co-owner of the company Nikolaus Wilhelm Knauf for 23 years (from February 1999 to March 2022) had the status of honorary consul of the Russian Federation, with a representative office endowed with the powers of an honorary consulate in Nuremberg .
After the entire Russian invasion of Ukraine, the company officially clarified that it saw no reason to leave the market of the aggressor country.
We remind you that the previous NAPC included two leading German manufacturers of high-precision machine tools Spinner and DMG Mori in the list of international sponsors of the war.
Shree Ramkrishna Exports (SRK), one of the largest diamond manufacturing and exporting companies in the world, was also included in the list of international sponsors of the war.
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