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Roshen Confectionery Corporation has started the process of layoffs of the employees at its factory in the Russian town of Lipetsk, according to Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.
The first 85 employees were dismissed on April 24, Komsomolskaya Pravda wrote citing First Deputy Head of Labor and Employment Department of Lipetsk region Viktor Kirey.
"People were laid off and given [corresponding] documents. They will register with the employment center," he said. The second batch of employees was to be dismissed April 25.
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As UNIAN reported earlier, on January 20, Roshen Confectionery Corporation decided to stop operations of its factory in the Russian town of Lipetsk.
The decision was made for economic and political reasons, the company press service wrote.
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UNIAN memo. Roshen is one of Ukraine's largest confectioneries. It comprises four Ukrainian-based confectionery facilities (one in Kyiv, one in Kremenchuk, and two in Vinnytsia), Vinnytsia dairy, two production facilities in Lipetsk (Russia), Klaipeda confectionery (Lithuania), and Bonbonetti Choco (Hungary).
For the period of his presidency, Petro Poroshenko transferred his 85% stake in Roshen to the so-called blind trust, managed by Rothschild Investment Bank. The remaining shares in Roshen belong to Mr. Moskalevsky (13%) and four Roshen managers (0.5% each).