Ivan Gerasymovych, CEO of Smart-Holding, joined the round table "Ukrainian Bowels Under Sanctions and Arrests: Challenges, Conclusions, Future", organized by the NADRA.info. One of the key topics was the situation around Smart-Holding's gas production enterprises in Poltava and Kharkiv regions, which were forced to stop operations due to sanctions legislation.

There are still widespread misconceptions in society about the ownership structure of Smart Holding. We explain transparently and clearly

Problems with power supply arose after the massive shelling of Kherson on February 17. As a result of the damage, 3 thousand residents were left without electricity for an indefinite period.

There are a lot of rumors, speculations, and unverified information surrounding Smart-Holding's activities. We are for openness, so we told everything as it is in a detailed interview with "Ekonomichna Pravda".

Smart Energy (part of SMART HOLDING GROUP), having allocated UAH 850 million to the state budget, took 2nd place in the ranking of the main taxpayers of Ukraine according to NV in the category of industrial production and construction.

Smart Energy Group is forced to stop the implementation of development programs totaling UAH 3.2 billion. These are investments in Ukrainian subsoil, which were planned for 2025 and included drilling new wells, construction and modernization of production facilities. Due to the suspension of special permits for hydrocarbon production and, as a result, the blocking of the work of the group's companies, further implementation of the group's production program is not possible.

We will have to import more at European prices, but where will the money come from? While our own Ukrainian enterprises want to work but cannot.

By 2022, the company was steadily supplying the market with quality products, supporting hundreds of jobs and paying millions of hryvnias in taxes. Thanks to the modernization of production in 2021, the company achieved record production volumes and made a significant contribution to the implementation of the state programs "Great Construction" and "Great Restoration".

“Personal sanctions against the Holding’s beneficiaries should not affect the operations of a company that can produce gas for Ukraine at a time of severe wartime shortages, nor should they impact the livelihoods of thousands of employees,” Ivan Gerasymovych stated during a live broadcast of “Business Breakfast” with Volodymyr Fedorin.