Spring sowing – Ukrainian agricultural producers have started work. Almost every one of them will tell you “How can we do without fertilizers? I will have a small harvest without them. “

What is currently happening in the domestic fertilizer market? First, a number of Ukrainian plants are “suspended” or are in a zone of active hostilities (Siverodonetsk Nitrogen plant, Sumy chemical industrial enterprise). Secondly, a significant amount of imported fertilizers went to Ukraine from Belarus (as of today the volume of import from this country has significantly reduced).

At the same time, among a significant number of foreign players in the Ukrainian fertilizer market, we would like to single out one – the Georgian “Rustavi Azot”. It is a world-class manufacturer, the products of which are certified according to many standards, and it has many other advantages that play a role when its products are chosen. However, not everything looks as “good” for our country as it may seem.

And that’s why…

Since 2017, the main (or almost the only) shareholder of “Rustavi Azot” enterprise is the russian financial company Sistema – one of the largest private investors into russia’s economy with a unique portfolio of assets in various sectors (from the official website). Let’s see what kind of “portfolio of assets in different sectors” it has.

That is true that Sistema has a large and quite diverse portfolio but our attention is drawn to the assets of russia’s defense industry – the Kronstadt Group (development and manufacture of unmanned aerial vehicles, cartographic and navigation solutions, simulators for marine, aviation and other equipment, shipboard equipment and other military products).

What does it mean? By buying fertilizers for our Ukrainian land from a Georgian producer, domestic farmers are unaware of the fact that they finance the army of the country that came to our land with a sword and what consequences it will have.