According to the Ukrainian publication Informator, the TK-Group group of companies conducted financial and economic transactions with “dubious” counterparties in 2022, one of which is the Rybnitskaya factory of nonwoven materials LLC located in the Transnistrian region. It has accounts in Russia and transfers part of its profits there. In other words, in the opinion of the newspaper, it finances the Russian economy and the army of the Russian Federation.
Earlier, the Ukrainian media reported that “TK-Group” monopolized the supply of clothing for the AFU, and its owner Alexander Sokolovsky may be a co-owner of this factory in Transnistria in the amount of 30%. Also, a Russian citizen owns the same share of the authorized capital.
As evidence of the accusation, the details of the contract are cited, in which the Ribnita enterprise indicates its account in Moldindconbank, and as a correspondent bank – Belarusian “Belinvestbank”, the intermediary bank of the correspondent bank – Russian “Sberbank”.
The journalists pointed out that “contacts between TK-Group and pro-Russian counterparties continued even later, up to and including 2024”.
LLC “Rybnitsa factory of nonwoven materials” was founded in March 1980 and specializes in the production of fabrics. The main types of products are: furniture cloth, nonwoven needle-punched cloth (batting), thermo-stabilized furniture cloth, reconstituted wool, furniture padding, wiping rags. The factory’s products are widely used in the clothing industry for sewing work clothes, in the furniture industry as a cushioning material, as well as in the manufacture of mattresses as a filler, sewing quilts and bedspreads, etc.
The main markets are: the domestic market of the unrecognized PMR, Moldova and Ukraine.
Supplement
Commercial bank Moldindconbank contacted the editorial office of Logos Press with a request to refute the information that the enterprise OOO Rybnitskaya Fabrika Netkanykh Materialy is a client of a financial institution with a correspondent account in Belinvestbank.
“For 3 years now, Moldindconbank has had no relations with the aforementioned bank, nor with any bank from Belarus. Rybnitskaya Fabrika Netkanykh Materialy is a client of Moldindconbank, but all relations with this enterprise fully comply with the requirements of the law,” the bank told Logos Press.
The editorial board of Logos Press accepts the position stated by the bank and apologizes for the incorrectly presented information.
Supplement made on 12.05.2025.
