Kyiv “Dynamo” defeated Scottish “Rangers” in the return match of Champions League qualification, the game ended with a score of 2:0 , reports Suspilnoe Sport.
It is noted that on the sum of the two meetings Kiev won 3:1.
Goals forgot: Dynamo -Pikhalenok at 82′, Voloshyn at 84′.
Dynamo’s opponent in the Champions League qualification playoffs will be Austrian Salzburg, which defeated Dutch FC Twente (5:4 on the sum of two games).
Kairat Satybaldy (Satybaldyuly), nephew of former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, has returned illegally acquired assets worth $1.6 billion to the state since 2022, the press service of the Anti-Corruption Agency reported.
“Since 2022 until now, property assets and cash worth over 732.8 billion tenge or $1.6 billion illegally acquired by K. Satybaldyuly and persons related to him have been returned to the state,” the report said.
Of these, $661.5 million were found abroad and were returned to Kazakhstan as soon as possible, including from such countries as Austria, Liechtenstein, UAE and Turkey.
According to the press service, 28.8% of shares of Kazakhtelecom JSC for 93.8 billion KZT (almost $196 million); CTS JSC (Transport Service Center) for 30.2 billion KZT ($63.1 million); shares in 4 companies for 10.3 billion KZT ($21.5 million); property assets in Kazakhstan for 158.5 billion KZT ($331.1 million) were returned to the state; exclusive jewelry worth 105.39 bln KZT ($230 mln); money on Kazakhstani accounts – 36.8 bln KZT ($76.9 mln); money from Austria – 36.8 bln KZT ($82.1 mln); money from Liechtenstein – 116.7 billion tenge ($260.5 million); money from UAE – 6.3 billion tenge ($14 million); money from Turkey – 2.2 billion tenge ($4.92 million); sale of securities – 135.8 billion tenge ($300 million).
In the state property transferred 115 Kazakh objects worth more than 158 billion tenge ($330 million), including 73 real estate (13 houses, 10 buildings, 13 land plots, 4 apartments, 3 structures, 2 madrasah buildings with an annex, 2 parking lots, 25 premises, 1 construction in progress), 37 items of movable property (29 cars, 5 special equipment, 3 quad bikes) and other property.
It is noted that some of the property was registered to his close relatives, affiliated persons and controlled companies. The total area of administrative buildings transferred to the state in the cities of Astana and Almaty exceeds 180 thousand square meters. m.
“Previously, these assets were leased and annually brought the owner a multi-billion dollar income, the recipient of which is now the state”, – said in Anticor.
For example, one of the luxury objects – the former residence of Satybaldyuly in the village of Barap, Akmola region, with a total area of 1.5 thousand square meters with a land plot of 135 hectares – was transferred to the Department of Education of Astana.
The agency added that during the investigation Satybaldyuly fully admitted his guilt, reimbursed the damage in full, as well as contributed to the investigation of criminal offenses and disclosure of property obtained by criminal means.
The Anticorruption Service investigated criminal cases against Satybaldyuly on the facts of embezzlement of funds of Kazakhtelecom JSC, Transport Service Center JSC on a large scale, legalization (laundering) of money and other property obtained by criminal means, as well as evasion of customs duties by the company controlled by him.
The official rate for August 12 – 477.04 tenge/$1.
The volume of export proceeds received by Ukraine in January-June 2024 surpassed the result for the same period last year by 15.9%, or $3.3 billion, while the amount of unreturned foreign currency proceeds keeps at the same level of $7-8 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said in response to an inquiry by Interfax-Ukraine agency.
“Therefore, practically unchanged volumes of export operations, for which the deadlines for settlements were exceeded, against the background of increasing volumes of received export proceeds from abroad is a positive trend,” the regulator said.
The National Bank pointed out that the expansion of the volume of unrecovered export earnings would have a negative impact on the balance of payments and the level of international reserves, which are an important buffer of macro-financial stability of the country.
It is stated that in view of this, the NBU systematically counteracts unproductive capital outflow and takes measures for timely return of export proceeds.
In particular, the central bank mentioned currency restrictions introduced at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, which it relaxes only in the presence of sustainable prerequisites, measures to strengthen currency supervision, as well as the preservation of shortened settlement deadlines for exports of certain agricultural goods.
“The National Bank expects the introduction by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of the export security regime for operations on exports of certain agricultural goods, which was developed with the participation of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, the NBU, the State National Statistics Service, the State Customs Service and other state bodies, and approved this year by the Verkhovna Rada with relevant amendments to laws,” the regulator said in its response.
“We believe that this measure should help to improve the situation with the return of foreign currency proceeds in the agricultural sector. Now the state authorities are finalizing the preparation of subordinate regulatory and technical basis for the introduction of the above mechanism,” the National Bank added.
The regulator intends to continue to cooperate with government agencies to ensure a comprehensive approach to addressing the issue of timely return of export proceeds to Ukraine.
As reported, in early November 2023, the NBU informed the Interfax-Ukraine agency that the volume of unreturned foreign currency proceeds since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation is about $8 billion, which, according to the regulator, “has a tangible impact on the balance of payments.” The central bank noted that the issue is not only about the proceeds from grain exports, but also about unreturned foreign currency earnings in general.
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has launched an investigation against the producer of water “Karpatska Dzherelna” for possible misleading of consumers. Delo.ua* reports with reference to the AMCU’s statement.
It is noted that the agency has initiated consideration of case No. 127-26.4/116-24 on the grounds of a violation by Carpathian Mineral Waters Limited Liability Company, as provided for in Article 15-1 of the Law of Ukraine “On Protection against Unfair Competition”, in the form of dissemination of misleading information.
“The subject matter of the case is, in particular, the actions of Carpathian Mineral Waters LLC in the form of disseminating information about the water of the Carpathian Dzherelna trademark, namely, the origin and characteristics of such products,” the AMCU notes.
The agency draws attention to the fact that “Karpatska Dzherelna” is extracted from wells, so it cannot be called “spring water”. In addition, the water under this brand has nothing to do with the Carpathians, as it is extracted and packaged hundreds of kilometers away.
The AMCU adds that such actions, in the absence of appropriate confirmation of such information by Carpathian Mineral Waters LLC, contain signs of a violation under Article 15-1 of the Law of Ukraine “On Protection against Unfair Competition” in the form of dissemination of misleading information to consumers.
About Carpathian Mineral Waters
“Carpathian Mineral Waters has been a national producer of mineral waters and soft drinks for over 15 years.
The company started its activities in the mineral water market in 1996 with the first bottling of mineral natural table water under the brand name Karpatska Dzherelna, and in June 2002 was reorganized into a plant for the production of mineral water and soft drinks Karpatski Mineralni Vody. In 2002, the company started production of sweet carbonated drinks under the Fruktova Dzherelna and Sokovynka brands, and in 2016 – the Dragon energy drink.
Today, the Carpathian Mineral Waters Group of Companies is a powerful player in the Ukrainian market of natural mineral waters and soft drinks.
Karpatska Dzherelna mineral water is extracted from two artesian wells at a depth of 90 meters from a natural source. According to the company, the production facility is located right next to the source, and the water from the wells is piped to the bottling line. During the bottling process, the water is filtered only from mechanical impurities and retains all useful natural trace elements.
As a reminder, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has imposed a fine of almost UAH 1 million on three companies of businessman Viacheslav Suprunenko.
Thus, Kyiv Plant Rosinka LLC was fined UAH 169,999, Kyiv BCC LLC was fined UAH 300,000, and Kyivkhlib LLC was fined UAH 500,000. The penalty was imposed for violation of the legislation on protection of economic competition by acquiring assets in the form of a single property complex of PrJSC “Kraplynka” without the AMCU’s permission.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has included in the Register of Industrial Parks (IP) industrial park “Ma’Rizhany” in Zhytomyr region and “Dobrosin Invest Park” in Lviv region, in which about 1250 jobs will be created in total, the Ministry of Economy reported.
The corresponding decision was made by the Ukrainian government at a meeting on Friday.
IE Ma’Rizhany will operate on the territory of Khoroshevska territorial community in Zhytomyr region. The area of 30.2 hectares will accommodate enterprises of processing industry: production of textiles, nonwovens and construction materials, as well as scientific and technical activities.
The concept of the park assumes the creation of 750 jobs and investments of about UAH 2 billion.
As reported, IP “Ma’Rizhany” will be the first in Europe park for primary processing of bast crops, particularly industrial hemp and flax. As of February this year, 7 thousand square meters of production and 12 thousand square meters of warehouses were ready for operation, 180 thousand square meters were prepared for construction.
The second phase of the project construction provides for the expansion of production facilities twice – up to 14 thousand square meters and warehouses three times – up to 36 thousand square meters. m.
In April 2023, Michel Tereschenko, ex-mayor of Glukhov, informed about the beginning of production in Western Europe of special agro-equipment and production line for the project “Ma’Rizhany”. Negotiations were also held with farmers of Zhytomyr region to prepare for sowing and harvesting 850 hectares of industrial hemp.
IE “Dobrosin Invest Park” is located in the village of Dobrosin. On the area of 14.6 hectares will operate light industry enterprises, manufacturers of plastic and metal products, food products, woodworking and other activities.
According to the Ministry, the concept of the park provides for the creation of up to 500 jobs and attraction of UAH 1.6 billion of investments.
According to the concept of the park, the initiator of its creation was Dobrosyn-Mageriv village council.
Thus, 88 parks have been included in the Register of industrial (industrial) parks, including 20 in 2024.
As reported, the state budget provides UAH 1 billion to stimulate the creation of infrastructure of IP.
Three Ukrainian state-owned banks – Ukreximbank, Ukrgasbank and Oschadbank – joined the implementation of this program.
The European Union has allocated EUR2m for a new humanitarian demining program in Ukraine, under which Ukrainian cynologists with specially trained dogs will search for and clear unexploded ordnance, the press service of the EU Delegation in Ukraine has reported.
According to the report, the project is funded by the European Commission’s Foreign Policy Instruments Service (FPI) and is being implemented jointly with humanitarian mine action organizations APOPO, which specializes in the use of animals for demining, and Mines Advisory Group (MAG).
“The 16 Belgian Malinois will be the first technical reconnaissance dogs to be deployed in Ukraine. Together with their eight guides, all of whom are Ukrainians, they underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine,” the statement said.
The EU Delegation in Ukraine specified that many of the dog handlers had previously studied dog training at the Sumy National Agrarian University and were trained in manual demining.
The dogs will be used to complement the MAG’s manual and mechanized demining efforts in liberated Ukrainian territories, including in the Mykolaiv, Kherson and Kharkiv regions.
“We are pleased to be able to fund this initiative as part of the EU’s support to improve and scale up humanitarian mine action in Ukraine. We believe this innovative project can significantly accelerate the cleanup of contaminated land and its release for civilian use,” said FPI Director Peter M. Wagner.
Under certain conditions, teams of technical reconnaissance dogs can survey large tracts of land much faster than bomb squads, identifying explosive hazards and helping to confirm the safety of an area. If teams with dogs find a mine or unexploded ordnance, MAG deminers will be tasked to defuse the item, the EU Delegation to Ukraine explained.
MAG Ukraine Director John Cunliffe believes that dogs have the potential to significantly speed up the cleanup of certain types of terrain and contamination. “They can be a really important tool in combination with traditional manual and mechanized demining teams,” he added.
“The EU commitment will allow us to return supposedly contaminated land to the Ukrainian people much more quickly than would otherwise be the case. We will be recruiting and training new handlers in the coming months as we scale up our operations,” said APOPO Ukraine Program Manager Nick Gest.
The European Commission’s Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) service implements the EU’s foreign policy. Humanitarian mine action is a key element of the support FPI has mobilized for Ukraine since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion. Its total funding to date amounts to EUR55 million.
APOPO is a global provider of mine detection animals that has developed effective mine clearance technology that is implemented in low-income countries. The organization protects people from the risk of landmines and other consequences of war. APOPO employs more than 450 people in 10 countries.
