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POROSHENKO EMPIRE ROSHEN REPLIES TO HUDSON AND ACCUSATION STEALING DESIGNS
STATEMENT PLEADING RESPECTING RULES
(Source: © Ruby BIRD & Yasmina BEDDOU)
(Source: © Ruby BIRD & Yasmina BEDDOU)
By August 2014, the ukrainian manufacturer of confectionery products Roshen had completed construction of British Philip Hudson's design, having changed some elements. Signed and stamped copies of the contract and acts of completion were provided to Newsweek. The company even waived the right to make any counter-claim against Hudson's firm relating to the design.
Roshen claims to be one of the largest world manufacturer of confectionery products. According to the world rating Candy Industry Top 100, Roshen ranks among the top 20. Produces around 320 kinds of confectionery products, the total volume of production reaches 450 thousands tons per year. The Head Office is in Kiev city, Ukraine. They sell products in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaïdjan, Armenia, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, USA, Canada, Israël and other countries. Their Export Catalogues are : for EU, for Asia, for Hungary, for Middle East and North Africa, for Poland.
Official statement from Roshen :
"ROSHEN company denies false allegations of Mr Hudson, the British architect, brought in the articles of Newsweek and Kyiv Post.
ROSHEN confirms the cooperation with Mr Hudson in the framework of the contract, signed between D´ESTATE and Vinnitsa Confectionery Factory, on the development of administrative building of Vinnitsa Milk Processing Factory.
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Sketch plan was developed by D´ESTATE company, accepted and paid by ROSHEN.
During the design development phase D´ESTASTE made numerous and constant errors, including serious deviations of national construction rules and regulations, which made abidance of construction approval procedure at public authorities impossible.
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"ROSHEN company denies false allegations of Mr Hudson, the British architect, brought in the articles of Newsweek and Kyiv Post.
ROSHEN confirms the cooperation with Mr Hudson in the framework of the contract, signed between D´ESTATE and Vinnitsa Confectionery Factory, on the development of administrative building of Vinnitsa Milk Processing Factory.
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Sketch plan was developed by D´ESTATE company, accepted and paid by ROSHEN.
During the design development phase D´ESTASTE made numerous and constant errors, including serious deviations of national construction rules and regulations, which made abidance of construction approval procedure at public authorities impossible.
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Why hasn´t he expressed his claims not a single timefor the last two years, but now?
Why does he, being a professional architect, consider national construction rules and regulations as “˜minor details´?
Why did he not file the claim with the court till the self-declared term of February 27, 2015? (article Newsweek Explosive Court Case Puts Ukraine's Chocolate King in Dock, by Maxim Tucker / February 19, 2015 10:39 AM EST)
Why does Mr Hudson allow himself to evaluate a nonexistent court process?
Why does Mr Hudson call ROSHEN´s proposal to settle the dispute in court, in the presence of world mass media, “˜gangster mentality´?
What are genuine intentions of Mr Hudson: to settle a business dispute or to blackmail?"
Why does he, being a professional architect, consider national construction rules and regulations as “˜minor details´?
Why did he not file the claim with the court till the self-declared term of February 27, 2015? (article Newsweek Explosive Court Case Puts Ukraine's Chocolate King in Dock, by Maxim Tucker / February 19, 2015 10:39 AM EST)
Why does Mr Hudson allow himself to evaluate a nonexistent court process?
Why does Mr Hudson call ROSHEN´s proposal to settle the dispute in court, in the presence of world mass media, “˜gangster mentality´?
What are genuine intentions of Mr Hudson: to settle a business dispute or to blackmail?"
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