German companies are helping the Russian occupation regime in construction in Mariupol.
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Journalists from the German TV channel ARD received photos and videos of Knauf and WKB Systems building facilities in occupied Mariupol.
The article, called “Putin’s Helpers,” indicates that 4 thousand Knauf employees continue to work in Russia.
The Russians destroyed the Knauf plant in Soledar.
Journalists obtained photographs of a construction site with Knauf bags, the official dealer of which publicly advertises that he built a residential building project from his own building materials on behalf of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
In addition, investigators found concrete blocks at numerous construction sites wrapped in green film bearing the inscription WKB Systems GmbH. The company, among other things, equips factories for the production of concrete blocks.
The company’s main shareholder is Russian oligarch Viktor Budarin, who used his German company as a supplier to the construction industry in Russia. No sanctions have been imposed against him.
Customs data reviewed by journalists shows that WKB Systems for several years supplied entire installations for factories for the production of aerated concrete blocks to one of Budarin’s Russian companies – apparently the same one whose products the Russian Federation uses in Mariupol.
This information was confirmed by Roderich Kiesewetter, member of the Bundestag from the CDU, head of the Foreign Affairs Committee. He condemned the involvement of German companies, saying they had “placed themselves in the service of a war that violated international law.”
Source: Racurs
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