OREANDA-NEWS. January 19, 2011. Last Friday Donetsk summed up Donetsk-Image 2010 contest. The SCM Group won a nomination for Taxpayer of the Year in the category of big business, and two assets of the Group - FC Shakhtar and Donbass Arena - were named best in Landmark of Donetsk category.

Donetsk-Image 2010 was organized under Building a New City programme initiated by the city council. The award ceremony took place on 14 January in Donetsk Academic Music and Drama Theatre. SCM won two of fourteen prizes: the Group was named the best taxpayer of the year and FC Shakhtar and Donbass Arena were called the landmarks of Donetsk.

The event was attended by Chair of Donetsk Oblast State Administration Anatoliy Bliznyuk, Chair of Donetsk Oblast Council Andrey Shyshatskiy and Mayor of Donetsk Aleksandr Lukyanchenko. Margarita Povazhnaya, SCM's CFO, represented the SCM Group at the event.

"SCM is one of the biggest Ukrainian businesses and FC Shakhtar is one of the best clubs in Eastern Europe. Annually SCM pays about a billion dollars in taxes to the budgets of all levels, including the budget of Donetsk and Donetsk Oblast, and Shakhtar takes part in the most prestigious football competitions. We are glad that our money contributes to the development of Donetsk, and the city is well-known far beyond Ukraine thanks to our club and our stadium. We are pleased that the city administration have appreciated our contribution to the image of Donetsk", noted Margarita Povazhnaya.