Ammonium nitrate (ammonium nitrate), which exploded on August 4 near the port of Beirut (Lebanon), may belong to Savaro Limited, which is associated with the Dnieper businessman Vladimir Verbonol.

It is reported by the OCCRP edition.

According to the material, immediately after the explosion, it was discovered that the London-registered company Savaro Limited had chartered a shipment weighing 2,750 tons in 2013, intending to send it from Georgia to an explosives plant in Mozambique. Instead, the chemical ship MV Rhosus was detained in Beirut due to unpaid debts and technical malfunctions.

Background: On 4 August 2020, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history killed more than 200 people and displaced more than 300,000 people.

An investigation by OCCRP and its partners has proven that Savaro is indeed behind Vladimir Verbonol. It is also known that the company was part of a larger business network that traded technical grade ammonium nitrate.

The journalists managed to connect Savaro Limited and Agroblend Exports with the Ukrainian network of Vladimir Verbonol's companies thanks to the e-mails they had at their disposal.

It is noted that the network of companies based in Dnipro is owned and operated by a network of businessmen, including Verbonol and his father-in-law, a well-known businessman from the construction industry, Nikolai Aliseenko.

In a statement sent by reporters, Ukrainian companies deny their involvement in the delivery of the Rhosus vessel flying the Moldovan flag and blame the Lebanese authorities for the Beirut bombing.

The statement also says the companies advertised other products such as fertilizers on behalf of their customers and "hosted by employees, and often by trainees, who may not fully understand that the company is acting on behalf of manufacturers."

However, an ex-Savaro employee who worked for the Ukrainian company during the delivery of Rhosus said that the company was not involved in IT, and the sale of fertilizers was the main activity.

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