Rinat Akhmetov’s Foundation for Development of Ukraine jointly with Metinvest financed and completed the construction of a gas pipeline in Svobodnoye village in Volnovakha district. The village population amounts to 1,689 people. Metinvest has donated the nessary amount of more than UAH 1 million, whereas Rinat Akhmetov's Foundation took on all the organizational issues related to the construction works. The pipeline was installed and put into operation within the shortest possible timeframe – two months.

The pipeline project was designed at the cost of the village residents and donors back in 2007. According to the decision of the Volnovakha District Council, the village was included in the Programme for Gas Supply of Volnovakha District 2006-2007, but the money for gasification wasn't allocated.

"The gas problem is one of the most burning issues in our village, and at the same time it's been one of the most insurmountable ones for over four years. Taking into account the ongoing crisis in the country, we gave up the hope to connect the village to the gas pipeline", says the village mayor Oleksandr Poplavsky. "We're endlessly thankful to Rinat Akhmetov for his assistance and concern with the lives of his countrymen. The pipeline construction has been the most important and welcome event in the life of our village over the recent decade."

About the Foundation:
Rinat Akhmetov's Foundation  for Development  of Ukraine is a non-profit organization established on 15 July 2005.
Mission of the Foundation - Rinat Akhmetov's Foundation  for Development  of Ukraine lays the basis for the successful and sustainable development of Ukrainian society by investing in the education of future generations, improving the nation's health, as well as preservation and development of Ukrainian culture.
Areas of activity: Contemporary Education, Health of the Nation, Cultural Heritage, Targeted Assistance.
President of the Foundation is Rinat  Akhmetov.

Press-release
22/06/10
Donetsk