Coca-Cola is a world known company which has been operating in Ukraine since 1992. Nowadays the company is continuously demonstrating innovation in the production processes and new approaches to environmental protection. Coca-Cola in Ukraine sustains its global commitment towards well-being of the local communities partnering with the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation, Ukraine’s largest grass roots football tournament “Leather ball – Coca-Cola Cup”, which attracts more than 600 000 schoolchildren.
Ambassador to Ukraine (2009-2013), 15th YES Annual Meeting, 2018
«Russia still has to become a modern nation. It still hasn’t made the fundamental decisions to determine whether it’s going to be a part of the international community or whether it’s going to try to be an imperial power and attack its neighbors, and take their land.»