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The founder of Ukraine’s biggest candymaker, which has been hit by a Russian embargo of its products, has denied that the company has any plans to slash its workforce.

Leading national daily Kommersant-Ukraina ran a report earlier in the week citing trade union officials as saying the candymaker Roshen was set to lay off hundreds of workers as a result of financial pressures caused by the Russian ban.

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