Zaporizhstal appealed to partner companies abroad, as well as port operators, urging them not to buy steel stolen by Russia in Mariupol.
Metinvest’s Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works has sent a letter to its international partners and seaport operators urging them to carefully inspect the metal brought in from Russia, as there is a high probability that this metal was stolen from in Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of Metinvest on Thursday, July 14th.
The company also requested to report attempts to sell such products. This is stated in the official letter of the plant.
“On February 24, 2022, Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine began. A significant part of the fighting took place in Mariupol, which is now under Russian occupation. On the first day of the war, the port of Mariupol had metallurgical products produced in Zaporozhye. Metallurgical Plant. Now we have no physical access to such products and control over them, “the letter said.
The Ukrainian company, citing open sources, states that the Russian company Reka-Sea, in cooperation with other Russian representatives, has currently begun loading into the RM-3 container of Ukrainian metallurgical products , without any authority to do so.
“We have declared that there is a high probability of theft and smuggling of our metallurgical products.” Said the authors of the letter. .
The company assured that they will make every possible legal effort to achieve strict legal liability for all criminals and their accomplices.
“We ask you to help protect the rights of stolen products and reject any offers for stolen steel products. Any purchase of such stolen products will not be considered in good faith. such products originating in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian cities-Mariupol, Kherson and / or Sevastopol, or from the Russian cities of Taganrog, Tuapse, Rostov-on-Don, Novorossiysk, but never supplied from such city, “the document said. .
The company also called for the review of certificates of origin and shipping documents for metallurgical products that Russia will try to sell, and rejects dubious agreements, reporting attempts to sell on the side of Ukrainian.
Earlier it was reported that at least three ships on which Russia took the metal stolen into Ukraine from the port of Mariupol.
Azovstal and Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, located in Mariupol, have already applied to the Prosecutor General’s Office with a request to open criminal proceedings on the theft of their Russian products.
In turn, Metinvest co-owner Rinat Akhmetov said SCM would demand compensation from Russia for the “cynical loading of Ukrainian steel on its ships in Mariupol,” which is an international theft and violation. and law.
Metinvest: Theft of metal in Russia is a war crime
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