Putin's Assistants: German companies are involved in Mariupol's Reconstruction - Media

According to journalists, the German company Knauf helps the city to reconstruct the city to the Russians. It is a world leader in gypsum production. Also in Mariupol were noticed concrete blocks of WKB Systems GmbH. German companies help Russian invaders reconstruct Mariupol. About it writes Tagesschau with reference to the investigation of journalists of the ARD Monitor political journal. It is reported that Mariupol holds an important place in Russian propaganda.

In particular, because it was one of the most violent battles of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine. The Russians surrounded the city, wrapped its population with famine and during the attacks did not spare patients in hospitals or civilians. The publication writes that Mariupol is so important for Russian propaganda that even Russian President Vladimir Putin visited him and spoke of a restoration. Journalists found out that the German company Knauf helps to reconstruct the city to the Russians.

It is a world leader in gypsum production. The firm continues to run business in Russia. About 4,000 employees continue to work in the aggressor country. Moreover, it is reported that the head of the company has been an honorary consul of Russia for more than two decades. He personally met Putin. Knauf did not give up his title after the annexation of the Crimea in 2014, and in 2018 he criticized the sanctions of the event against the Russian Federation.

Knauf told reporters that they have a subsidiary that operates exclusively in the Russian market. However, most questions refused to answer. The material states that the recovery of the occupied Mariupol also noticed the concrete blocks of WKB Systems GmbH. It is noteworthy that the chief shareholder of the company is Russian oligarch Viktor Konstantinovich Budarin. We will remind that the adviser of the mayor Mariupol Petro Andryushchenko declared that the Russians actively moved to Mariupol.

According to him, the occupying authorities encourage citizens to start life with a pure sheet in the Ukrainian territory. To do this, they are motivated by monetary reward. The Mariupol City Council also reported that sculptures from the Drama Theater in Mariupol were finally lost through the Russian Federation. During the stay of the city in the occupation of the sculpture, which was miraculously survived after bombing, was finally lost due to the negligent attitude of local authorities.