KYIV, Aug 29 – Nine members of an international criminal group, including three Russian citizens, are accused by the SBU security service of the deliberate destruction of Ukraine's only aluminum producer, Zaporizhia-based ZAlK plant, in the interests of competitors from Russia.

"... the only primary aluminum producer in Ukraine had been purposely destroyed in the interests of Russian metal producers since 2006. In order to commit the crime, the customers formed an organized group in 2006-2008 from representatives of the Russian RusAl company, the plant's management, Ukrainian businessmen and foreign citizens," the SBU said on its website on Tuesday, August 29.