Yuri Antipov, owner of the Chelyabinsk plant, was detained by Russian forces in February. A case of fraud has been opened against him. Three factories he owned in Chelyabinsk were nationalized.

A representative of companies working in Latvian ports confirms that indirect cooperation with the Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Plant has effectively ended.

"When we spoke to the specific terminals that were sending these cargoes to this particular consignee, they practically con...