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SCM Holdings
System Capital Management or SCM ( uk, Систем Кепітал Менеджмент) is a major Ukrainian financial and industrial holding company established in 2000 in Donetsk in the east of the country and since 2014 headquartered in Kyiv. The business is controlled by Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov, who owns 100% of the company shares. In 2011, the group had revenues of around $19.5 billion and assets worth over $28.4 billion. SCM was set up in 2000. It includes over 100 businesses in metals and mining, power generation, banking and insurance, telecommunications, media and real estate as well as in some other spheres. The total number of employees at SCM enterprises is about 200,000 people. The Group is audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers. As of May 2022, SCM (dba SCM Consulting Ltd) has been represented in the United States by the Washington, D.C. based public relations firm Qorvis LLC. Structure The biggest company in the SCM Group is Metinvest inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast. The population was estimated at in the city core, with over 2 million in the metropolitan area (2011). According to the Ukrainian Census (2001), 2001 census, Donetsk was the fifth-largest city in Ukraine. Administratively, Donetsk has been the centre of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the larger economic and cultural Donbas, Donets Basin (''Donbas'') region. Donetsk is adjacent to another major city, Makiivka, and along with other surrounding cities forms a major urban sprawl and conurbation in the region. Donetsk has been a major economic, industrial and scientific centre of Ukraine wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segodnya
''Segodnya'' ( rus, Сегодня, p=sʲɪˈvodʲnʲə, t=Today, a=Ru-сегодня.ogg) was a Russian-language Ukrainian tabloid newspaper founded in 1997. While run from Kyiv, it was linked to Donbass political and business groups; its holding company is owned by Rinat Akhmetov's Ukraina Media Group. The paper supported former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych for the presidency in 2004. Since the "Orange Revolution", the newspaper has moderated its pro-Eastern reporting under pressure from its own journalists. ''Segodnya'' was a member of the Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers. Censorship In 2011, the paper's journalists threatened to go on strike after Chief Editor Ihor Guzhva was controversially fired, and his replacement censored certain types of stories, and dictated to journalists how certain politicians and public figures should be covered. " Olena Hromnytska is trying to implement corruption schemes for publishing paid articles ... and also to introduce c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holding Companies Of Ukraine
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Holding may refer to: * Holding an object with the hands, or grasping * Holding (law), the central determination in a judicial opinion * Holding (aeronautics), a manoeuvre in aviation * Holding (surname) * Holding company, a company that owns stock in other companies * Holding (American football), a common penalty in American football * ''The Miroslav Holding Co.'', 2001 Croatian film also released as ''Holding'' * "Holding", an episode of the American animated television series ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * ''Holding'' (TV series), a 2022 TV series See also * * * Smallholding * Hold (other) * The Holding (other) * "Holdin'," a song by Diamond Rio * Hoarding * Possession (law) In law, possession is the control a person intentionally exercises toward a thing. Like ownership, the possession of anything is commonly regulated by country under property law. In all cases, to possess something, a person must have an inten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SCM Holdings
System Capital Management or SCM ( uk, Систем Кепітал Менеджмент) is a major Ukrainian financial and industrial holding company established in 2000 in Donetsk in the east of the country and since 2014 headquartered in Kyiv. The business is controlled by Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov, who owns 100% of the company shares. In 2011, the group had revenues of around $19.5 billion and assets worth over $28.4 billion. SCM was set up in 2000. It includes over 100 businesses in metals and mining, power generation, banking and insurance, telecommunications, media and real estate as well as in some other spheres. The total number of employees at SCM enterprises is about 200,000 people. The Group is audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers. As of May 2022, SCM (dba SCM Consulting Ltd) has been represented in the United States by the Washington, D.C. based public relations firm Qorvis LLC. Structure The biggest company in the SCM Group is Metinvest inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Industrial Union Of Donbas
Industrial Union of Donbas (ISD; uk, Індустріальний союз Донбасу, translit=Industrialnyi soiuz Donbasu) is one of the biggest corporations in Ukraine. It is a horizontally integrated holding company that owns or directs stocks of 40 industrial enterprises in the East Ukraine, Hungary, and Poland. The company was created in 1995 and before the appearance of SCM Holdings in 2000 was a major steel rolling corporation in the East Ukraine. According to Interfax, ISD produces 9.2 million of steel annually. In 2012 World Steel Association ranking the corporation placed 33rd sharing it with JSW Steel Ltd. Stock holders * Serhiy Taruta * Oleh Mkrtchian * '' Vitaliy Haiduk'' (left corporation) In 2010 the Swiss-based Carbofer Group (associate of Evraz Group) along with a "group of investors" and the Vnesheconombank has purchased the controlling interest in corporation 50%+2 stocks. Because of that Vitaliy Haiduk left ISD. Earlier in 2007 Metalloinvest showed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USAID
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. With a budget of over $27 billion, USAID is one of the largest official aid agencies in the world and accounts for more than half of all U.S. foreign assistance—the highest in the world in absolute dollar terms. Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act on September 4, 1961, which reorganized U.S. foreign assistance programs and mandated the creation of an agency to administer economic aid. USAID was subsequently established by the executive order of President John F. Kennedy, who sought to unite several existing foreign assistance organizations and programs under one agency. USAID became the first U.S. foreign assistance organization whose primary focus was long-term socioeconomic development. USAID's programs are authorized by Congress in the Foreign Assistanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UMG Investments (Ukrainian Company)
UMG Investments is an investment firm which was founded in 2006 by System Capital Management (SCM) to manage commodity assets. Since its creation, UMG Investments has expanded its range of activities and in 2016 changed its business model from a management to an investment company. Shareholders and Management 100% of the company's authorized capital is owned by System Capital Management. The CEO is Andrey Gorokhov. Structure UMG Investments creates and develops businesses with high growth potential. The company has portfolio companies in three areas: * Mining – a group of companies VESCO and Novotroitsky Mine Administration * By-products and waste management – Recycling Solutions * Industrial goods and services – INTECH. In 2019, the value of assets managed by UMG Investments company exceeded $ 500 million. March 2020. FEEDNOVA, a company that realizes the first in Ukraine high-protein feed additives and animal fats production plant, located in Busk city (Lviv regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemtrans
Lemtrans is a private operator of railway rolling stock in Ukraine. The company claims owning over 20,000 gondola cars which transport over 52 million tons of cargo annually. Lemtrans is a member of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations and the European Business Association. In 2017 the company signed agreement with its SCM sister company Metinvest. In 2017 head of Lemtrans Volodymyr Mezentsev in interview explained that due to the War in Donbass, the company has control of 18,000 low-sided cars with the other ones being blocked at the " ATO area". Despite the war conditions in the eastern areas of Ukraine, according to its reports Lemtrans had increased its cargo transportation in 2015 by over 13%. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HarvEast Holding
HarvEast Holding is a Ukrainian agricultural holding established in March 2011 in Donetsk, Ukraine and owned by System Capital Management and Smart Holding groups. In November 2011 HarvEast became a member of Ukrainian Agribusiness Club Association (UCAB). HarvEast is one of the biggest agricultural companies in Ukraine, only in 2011 planning to invest ₴80 million in modernization of Ukrainian agricultural industry. HarvEast is operating agricultural assets in the Crimea, Donetsk oblast and is primarily active in: * crop farming with over 197 000 hectares land bank (wheat, sunflower, barley, perennial grasses, maize, fodder sorghum) * livestock farming with over 17 500 heads of cattle (cattle, dairy farming Dairy farming is a class of agriculture for long-term production of milk, which is processed (either on the farm or at a dairy plant, either of which may be called a dairy) for eventual sale of a dairy product. Dairy farming has a history th ..., poultry) CEO of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrtelecom
Ukrtelecom JSC ( uk, Укртелеком) (PFTS Ukraine Stock Exchange, PFTS:]UTLM is Ukraine's monopolist telephone company, also active in the Internet service provider, ISP and mobile telephony, mobile markets. The company was governed by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of Ukraine with 92.9% shares belonging to the government until Austrian investment firm EPIC bought a 92.79 percent stake from the Ukrainian government for $1.3 billion. This stake was resold to System Capital Management of Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov. Ukrtelecom participates in ITUR, TEL/ТАЕ, and BSFOCS international cable systems. Until 1994, the company was known as Ukrelectrozvyazok ( uk, Укрелектрозв'язок). History The company was created from the Soviet network of communication only in 1993, however, the network itself came under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Communications in 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. According to the company's hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was forced to move to Lviv, and had played matches in Lviv (2014–2016) and in Kharkiv (2017–2020) whilst having its office headquarters and training facilities in Kyiv. In May 2020, Shakhtar started to play home matches at NSC Olimpiyskiy in Kyiv. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and is often a participant in the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first club in independent Ukraine to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year before the competition was revamped as the Europa League. FC Shakhtar Donetsk is one of two Ukrainian clubs, the other being Dynamo Kyiv, who have won a major UEFA competition. The club formerly played its home matches in Donetsk at the newly built Donbass Arena, however due to the Russ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foundation For Development Of Ukraine
The Rinat Akhmetov Foundation (former Foundation for Development of Ukraine) is a non-profit organization established July 15, 2005 by Rinat Lyeonidovich Akhmetov, a Ukrainian businessman. Mission of the Foundation: "Work for people by eliminating the causes of burning social problems; implementing the best practices of Ukraine and other countries, developing unique system solutions; obtaining the optimal result with every project and action". Foundation has two offices functioning in Kyiv and Donetsk, Ukraine. History The Foundation was created by SCM Holdings as part of the implementation of its corporate social responsibility policy. Before March 2008, the Foundation for Development of Ukraine functioned as SCM Group's corporate charitable foundation. Since 19 March 2008, the Foundation for Development of Ukraine has been operating as a private charity of Rinat Akhmetov, the main shareholder of SCM Group, while remaining SCM's permanent partner in the implementation of var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
