Ukrainian railways under a boss from Poland: whose interests is the director lobbying for?
Ukrzaliznytsia - the Ukrainian railways - reported receiving almost 1,5 billion in net profit in the first half of the year under the leadership of Polish top manager Wojciech Balczun, who was discharged from abroad.
The Pole, who receives a fantastic salary for Ukraine in the amount of 463 thousand hryvnia, reported that the railway’s income plans are being exceeded.
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The paper will tolerate the indicators. Now this is his “Ukrzaliznytsia”, and the Pole measures its activities as he wants.
As if there is no shortage of cars and locomotives, there are no strange purchases of diesel fuel and spare parts, which are politely called “ineffective”.
“Ukrzaliznytsia” under Balchun turned into a self-sufficient feudal inheritance; the interests of other industries are indifferent to the Pole, as well as the Ukrainian economy as a whole.
The head of Ukrmetallurgprom, Alexander Kalenkov, said during the head’s round table not long ago: “We estimate that due to bottlenecks in UZ transportation, about 5 million tons of steel will be underproduced at the end of the year, and the lost foreign exchange earnings will be about 1,8 billion dollars, which is comparable to tranches from international donors, but only tranches mean borrowed money and a burden on the budget, while exports mean the country’s income and jobs.”
The head of Ukrzaliznytsia himself admits that there is a shortage of cars of 2-3 thousand units per day. Strange - 1,5 billion UAH. There is net profit, but no carriages. It turns out that the interests of shareholders are everything, the interests of the country and population are nothing?
Perhaps Balchun is doing everything possible to bring a more efficient railway company to Ukraine? Take, for example, PKP Cargo SA, the second largest rail freight company in the EU after Deutsche Bahn, which Balczun led from 2008 to 2013.
In 2013, Balcun left PKP SA, but continues to own 33% of its shares. We will closely monitor the hands of the boss.
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