The State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use loudly and pompously presented the investor for the
We will build everything
Last week, there was signed an agreement between the Kyrgyz government and Liglass Trading CZ, SRO for the construction and commissioning of Ak-Bulun hydropower station and Naryn HPP-1 of the Upper Naryn cascade. The same company won the tender for the construction of ten small HPPs.
The draft agreement includes the construction and commissioning of Orto-Tokoy-1, Orto-Tokoy-2, Papan, Chon-Ak-Suu, Kirovskaya, Kara-Suu Levaya-1 and Kara-Suu Levaya -2 hydropower stations until December 30, 2019. Construction and commissioning of Sandyk-1, Sandyk-2 and Sandyk-3 hydropower plants is planned by the end of 2020.
The Czech company will invest $ 37 million to the authorized capital of Upper Naryn HPPs CJSC to launch the procedure for transferring the stake to the Russian side in the amount of 50 percent of the shares.
After the first two HPPs of
It would seem that all what the officials dreamed for so long about, has come true. The investor will return money to the Russians, build hydropower stations, and also wants to build a garbage processing plant and start the production of solar batteries. It’s just a miracle investor for
Who are the Czechs?
It was reported that the Czech company Liglass Trading CZ, s.r.o. has been working in the field of construction of power facilities since 2003. It was noted that the company, in addition to the
And now let’s see who is this mysterious and generous investor who is ready to pay off all our debts to RusHydro and build not only a dozen small hydro power plants, but at least two stations of the
Liglass Trading already has its official website. There are reports that the company works in the power industry sector. But it is impossible to study the data. Homepage of the website says that it is under reconstruction.
The search for data about the company in Google does not bring anything, except for sending to the Internet resources of
There are also official data from Czech ministries. The database of the Ministry of Justice of the
The business scope of the company is production, trade, services, as well as lease of real estate, apartments and offices. The firm is engaged in wholesale trade in porcelain, glassware and detergents, production of rubber and plastic products, processing of metals, but there is not a word about infrastructure projects.
Kyrgyz journalist Elnura Alkanova analyzed the data from open sources. That’s what she found.
The Czech investor finished the first year of its activity with losses. According to its financial report, operating profit for 2004 was CZK 1,031 million ($ 37,849). Two years later, the losses have doubled. And only in 2012 the company’s turnover grew to 1,358 million koruna of income, and net profit without tax deductions amounted to 896,000 koruna (almost $ 48,000 at the rate in 2012). But 2014 was unprofitable again. Data on the financial results of Liglass Trading for 2015 and
Did not they recognize friends?
From bad to worse, Czech media became interested in the company. It turned out that none of the power industry specialists in the
The company is not known not only by specialists in the field of energy, but also by competent authorities. Why, then, do the authorities of
According to Neovlivní.cz, the interests of the Czech company Liglass Trading CZ in the receipt of the order for the construction and operation of hydropower plants were lobbied by the head of the Office of the Czech President, Vratislav Mynar, recommending this firm to his Kyrgyz counterpart Sapar Isakov.
Neovlivní.cz got a letter sent by Mynar to Isakov dated September 2016. Vratislav Mynar confirmed that he had supported the company as a Czech firm, but rejected the suggestions about his personal interest.
As the Honorary Consul of the
Petr Jurcik, head of the regional office of CzechTrade, said that he first heard about Liglass Trading CZ three weeks ago. Aktuálně.cz also found out that the company is connected with the well-known
Why are Michael Smelick and Jerry Wojtekowski silent?
Attempts of Czech journalists to find out anything in the company itself were unsuccessful too. Liglass did not want to talk about the construction of hydropower stations in
According to the commercial register, the company’s managers are Michael Smelik and Jerry Wojtekowski. In January 2017, they organized a Kyrgyz-Czech business forum. The Liglass office is situated in the same building with the law firm of the well-known lawyer Dragomir Walles.
Representatives of companies did not want to comment on the project in
«I will not comment. The specifics of the contract are a trade secret," Jerry Wojtekowski said.
A very strange unwillingness to promote their companies, is not it?
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