M. Epshtein has been appointed to the post of the CEO of Odessa oil refinery
On April 3rd, the supervisory council appointed M. Epshtein to the post of the CEO of Odessa oil refinery. They made the corresponding decision at the session a day before. They do not report about the former post of Mr. Epshtein. The Ex-CEO V. Chakheyev was dismissed on February 25 2014. E. Kirova was appointed the executive officer of the enterprise for 3 years.
The Odessa oil refinery is pledged to VTB. On March 31st, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Ukraine A. Avakov said that the scheme of transferring of Odessa oil refinery to the Russian bank seems doubtful. They initiate a fraud investigation within the formal procedure in order to return property of the plant to the Ukraine. VTB claims that the Odessa oil refinery is pledged to the bank was this executed in full accordance with the Ukrainian law and warns about amenability for possible nationalization of the enterprise.