KIEV, Nov. 4 – Dmytro Firtash's OstChem Holding does not plan to cut jobs at Severodonetsk Azot (Luhansk region) and is paying wages in full during the idle period of the plant, the holding reported.

"Despite difficult times for the chemical sector, we pay wages on time and in full, retaining all the bonuses to wages – for professionalism, brigade-leader bonuses, etc. We also retained the full working week and no one is being sent to unpaid leave," said Azot Chairman Leonid Buhayev.