KYIV, June 28 – Metinvest Mining and Metallurgical Group considers it necessary for the government to start the economy by reducing taxes, deregulating and encouraging investments, and notes a number of positive steps on the part of the state to stimulate business in war conditions.

Metinvest CEO Yuri Ryzhenkov told the European Business Association (EBA) that the company was sure that there would be no war, although they took a number of actions, fearing the aggravation of the situation in Donbas. However, the reality turned out to be worse than expected.