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Epicentr K stores continued to operate in Crimea and occupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts since 2014 after the company lost control over them, Ukrainian MP and co-owner of the Epicentr K hypermarket chain, Oleksandr Hereha, said in an interview with Forbes Ukraine on Jan. 17.

Tax data shows that shopping-center firm Epitsentr K, a Ukrainian military donor, for years paid a manager who cultivated close ties with the pro-Russian forces in the occupied part of the Donetsk region while managing a firm nearly identical to Epitsentr K, Schemes has found.

NV has analyzed asset declarations submitted by a dozen Ukrainian lawmakers and found that some of them have accounts in Russian banks, hundreds of thousands in foreign currency, and numerous real estate properties, including some abroad.

The chain of Epicenter trade centers has become a member of the eRecovery state program, the press service of the company reported.

The Ukrainian retailer Epicenter K has become a member of the UN Global Compact, uniting responsible business.

The Epicenter Group of Companies has already handed over 50 ambulances purchased as part of the Saving Lives charitable initiative worth UAH 133.5 million to Ukrainian doctors, the group's press service reported.

The Epicenter K group of companies intends to send funds to the Ministry of Health through the United24 platform for the purchase of 10 resuscitation vehicles for Ukrainian doctors, and will also hold a campaign in the Epicenter network for the purchase of another 55 vehicles, the press service of the group reported.

The Epicenter group of companies intends to restore the Epicenter shopping centers in Chernihiv, Mariupol and Bucha, destroyed by Russian invaders, and the damaged facilities in Kyiv and Kharkiv, the group's press service reported.