KIEV, March 2 - Group DF Chairman Dmytro Firtash has bought Cherkasy-based OJSC Azot from businessman Oleksandr Yaroslavsky.

"The joining of the plant to the group of assets that are under control of Firtash will optimize the production and sales policy and help introduce unified standards for the company's management," reads a report of Firtash's press service.

According to the press release, the combined facilities of the nitric fertilizer producers under Firtash's control total 2.44% of the world's facilities, and the share of companies located in Ukraine is 2.28%.