The National Agency for Prevention of Corruption has listed one of the world's of the world's largest manufacturers of building materials - the German company Knauf - to the list of international sponsors of the war. The company pays taxes to the Russian budget taxes and sends its employees to the war against Ukraine. This was reported by UNN reports with reference to the NACP.
In 2022 alone, one of the world's largest manufacturers of Knauf, one of the world's largest manufacturers of building materials, paid about 117 million dollars to the budget of the terrorist state of Russia. dollars to the budget of the terrorist state. US DOLLARS. In addition, the German company actively promotes mobilization in Russia, by sending its employees to the war against Ukraine. This became the basis for the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption Prevention (NAPC) added Knauf to the list of international sponsors of the of the war
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It is noted that since 1993, Knauf has invested more than 1.65 billion euros in the Russian economy. The company is is represented in the Russian Federation by ten subsidiaries, twenty factories and nearly thirty resource centers. The number of employees of the German manufacturer of building materials in the Russian Federation is 4 thousand people.
Today, Knauf is the largest German investor in the construction industry in Russia.
Knauf also has existing facilities for the production of acoustic ceiling tiles and suspended systems in the Special Economic Zone "Alabuga" (Tatarstan), where the production of UAVs where the production of Shahed-136 UAVs is organized.
The NACP added that Knauf's management is also closely with the Kremlin regime. Thus, the company's co-owner 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 vested with with the powers of an Honorary Consulate in Nuremberg.
After the Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the company officially made it clear that it sees no reason to leave the aggressor's market:
"We will stay in Russia as long as the political and commercial situation allows us to do so. We are definitely responsible for more than 4 thousand employees and their families, as well as customers and suppliers, with many of whom we have had excellent and long-standing relationships over the years."
In October 2022 German media reported that Knauf was supporting the the mobilization of its employees into the ranks of the Russian armed forces. It was reported that the Russian managers of the Knauf plant in Krasnogorsk near Moscow agreed with the authorities on the lists of those who are needed in the production and who can be sent to the the war. Some of those who received a call-up were allegedly even taken to military commissariats in a company minibus. military enlistment offices in a company minibus, the NACP said.
Also in February 2023, Knauf took part in the event YugBuild (Krasnodar region, Russia) and presented innovative building materials made in Russia. At the end of November 2023, the company even organized the exhibition event KNAUF BUILD FEST 2023 under the slogan "The largest festival of KNAUF technologies and solutions for construction and decoration. Six growth zones for true professionals."
So, the experts from Knauf continue to build cities from Knauf continue to build cities for the aggressor country. This is especially cynical contrasts with the thousands of destroyed residential buildings in Ukraine by the aggressor's army, funded, among other things, by Knauf taxes
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