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How much Ukrainian coal is exported from the occupied areas of Donbass each year?
Ukrainian Minister of Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons Vadim Chernysh said Russia would withdraw 2.8 million tons of coal from the occupied Donbas territory each year
The Russian Federation exports illegally every year 2.8 million tons of anthracite coal from the occupied part of Donbass, whose cost rises to 288 million dollars – . Chernysh
In addition, the chairman of the Ministry of Telecommunications spoke about the illegal export project. coal extracted from the occupied regions of the Luhansk and Donetsk ports in the world.
According to the port Chernysh "Azov" Rostov region, which came from engulfed carbon ship near Turkey in recent years has increased transshipments of coal by 50%. A similar situation in the neighboring ports of Russia.
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However, according to the Polish newspaper Dziennik. Gazeta Prawna, from March 2017 to July 2018, only Turkey bought 2.3 million of this coal
It should be noted that after the Polish edition launched an appeal to diplomatic institutions for Blocking the purchase of coal by local businesses the occupation of the Donbass region, the Turkish authorities have indicated that they were investigating information regarding the import of anthracite from the occupied areas of East of Ukraine
The head of the intellectual property group, Dmitry Timchuk, said that in 2017, the coal exports of the ORDLO in the Rostov region rose to 1,595,625 tonnes. for $ 63 140 million, or $ 54.7 per tonne of coal, it was only in the first quarter of 2018 that the Russian Federation delivered 747 103 tonnes for an amount of $ 25.81 million. dollars ($ 34.54 per ton of coal).
That is to say in 2018 According to Timchuk, the coal would have been extracted from the occupied territories for an amount of 100 million dollars. I remind you that the head of MinTOT estimates the cost of exported coal at $ 288 million.
Meanwhile, DTEK chief Maxim Timchenko said that the total volume sold from the occupied Donbass to the EU alone is about 2 million tonnes
According to our information, in general , from the occupied countries. Donbass territory were sent to 2 million tons of anthracite there (to the EU – ed countries). Polish companies bought about 300,000 tons – he said.
According to Anton Goncharuk, a representative of DTEK, 400-500,000 tons of coal are exported to Russia each month via uncontrolled border areas. Part of the coal is exported to a third country, part – is used in Russia
In June 2017, Dmitro Sakharuk, Acting Director General of DTEK Energo, declared that the coalmining companies of Company (on the territory temporarily occupied)) planned to produce 8 million tons of anthracite commodities
Of the 8 million tons – it was expected to output 1 million tons. Another two million tonnes (fighters) will be transported to the Starobeshiv TPP. It remains about 5 million tons – it's a surplus they need and need to be placed somewhere, – told Sakharuk.
It should be noted that in September 2017, the Deputy Minister of Economics Russia Sergei Nazarov said that the militants sent every month about 1 million tons of coal to the Russian Federation since the occupied territories of Donbass. In the future, Russia will re-export coal to third countries.
It thus helps to fill the budgets of self-proclaimed "republics" in order to guarantee the financing of social benefits paid to the population.
They solve all their problems in terms of social infrastructure, budget and pensions – noted Nazarov
Recall that in June 2018, the main military prosecutor's office had opened an investigation into the illegal exploitation of coal mined in the occupied territories of Lugansk and Donetsk regions.
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