Following the shocking detention of well-known businessman Ihor Mazepa, business leaders in Ukraine met with Ukrainian officials to once again express their dismay at what they say is unjustified pressure on business by law enforcement officials. Over the past week, President Volodymyr Zelensky has made moves to address the concerns of the business community in Ukraine, including the creation of a business support council and the launch of the Ukrainian Economic Platform.
Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 did little to shake German pharmaceutical and agricultural giant Bayer’s commitment to its business in Ukraine. Operating in Ukraine since 1992, Bayer today employs around 700 people in the country, and last year, announced a 60-million-euro investment from 2023 onwards in its corn seed production facility in Pochuiky, Ukraine.