The President met with representatives of a narrow circle of road construction contractors involved in the previously closed Big Construction project. This time, a compatriot of the Head of State, who has nothing to do with roads, but who has expanded his business over the past two or three years, also got into the elect.

The press service of the head of state announced the meeting.

During the meeting, the President raised the issue of the implementation of the plan, which provides for the construction of infrastructure facilities in accordance with the requirements of wartime.

“Today, infrastructure is becoming an industry not of comfort, but of necessity and the defense capability of the state, because there are weapons, and grain, and metallurgy.. Therefore, we need to switch to the safest possible process for railways, roads, bridges and tunnels, so that we are ready for any missile strikes and blockages,” Zelensky said..

The press service did not announce the list of meeting participants.

At the same time, the Our Money project managed to identify on the video representatives of the well-known road companies Avtomagistral-South Alexander Boyko, Avtostrada Maksim Shkil, Onur Emre Karaahmetoglu and Rudomine Konstantin Karamanits.

According to the publication, Avtomagistral-South, Avtostrada and Onur are the companies that took the first three places in terms of the number of Big Construction contracts in 2021.. On the fourth position was Rostdorstroy from the group of the Odessa mayor Gennady Trukhanov and the deputy from his faction Yuri Schumacher.

Previously, there was no information in open sources about Karamanits' involvement in road construction.. He is known as the owner of the Rudomine company in Krivoy Rog.. After Volodymyr Zelensky was elected president, the State Property Fund leased the Ukrmekhanobr mining and processing plant to Karamanitsa.

Karamanits also became the owner of a local football club, renamed Kryvbas.. As part of the Great Construction program, this club was reconstructed at the expense of the state budget a stadium worth UAH 733 million, suitable for participation in European tournaments.

Yury Koryavchenkov, People's Deputy from Servant of the People, took part in the revival of the Kryvbas football club..

Koryavchenkov's brother is the owner of the Ryzhovsky granite quarry, for two years of the "

Recall that with the beginning of the war, the participants in the " In particular, the coordinator of the Big Construction program, Yuriy Golik, said on Ukrainian television that this program had been curtailed, since it had lost its relevance in wartime conditions.. And instead, Western projects will enter the country, which, together with the Ukrainian authorities, will be engaged in the project of restoring Ukraine.