Roshen

The Roshen Confectionery Corporation was established in 1996. Its name comes from the surname of the founder - Petro Poroshenko. Roshen is the largest confectionery manufacturer in Ukraine and one of the largest in Eastern Europe (it is one of the thirty largest manufacturers in the world). During the presidential campaign in 2014 Petro Poroshenko promised to get rid of his businesses. Roshen is one of the most important branches of his empire. However, he affirmed being the owner of the Roshen group in the electronic declaration in 2015. Roshen was helping the victims of the war in Donbas, but critics of the President pointed out that one of Roshen’s factories was operating in the ‘aggressor's territory’ - in Russia. The critics also added that the company's chain of stores has grown significantly in Ukraine since 2014.

Saakashvili arrested, supporters protest, the question ‘what’s next?’ remains unanswered

This time the police (and not the previously used Security Service of Ukraine) carried out an efficient action to stop Mikheil Saakashvili, who was found in one of the apartments in Kiev. Three days have passed since the first arrest attempt of the former President of Georgia. He spent those days quite close to the […]