Member of parliament of III-VIII convocations Kostiantyn Zhevaho was not put on the international wanted list, the press service of the ex-MP said on Thursday evening, July 15.
“The legal office of Kostiantyn Zhevaho knows that the Ukrainian bureau of Interpol filed a request to put him on international wanted list. This was a continuation of the illegal criminal prosecution against the entrepreneur. According to the press service and lawyers of Mr. Zhevaho, today there is no official confirmation of this statement from Interpol,” the office said in a statement forwarded to Interfax-Ukraine.
Interpol is currently considering Zhevaho’s case, but the final decision has not yet been made on it.
“The request of the Ukrainian Bureau of Interpol was sent to the central office of the organization back in October last year. The duration of its consideration indicates that the arguments presented in the document are not convincing and require careful study,” the press service of the ex-MP said.
The State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) said on July 15 that Interpol declared Zhevaho as the one put on the international wanted list.
“On September 27, 2019, the former MP was notified of suspicion. He, as the former owner of Finance and Credit Bank, organized the embezzlement of $113 million of this financial institution,” the press service of the SBI said.
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Gazprom has booked all offered firm additional transit capacities through Ukraine for August, according to the results of the monthly Regional Booking Platform auction.
Gazprom reserved extra capacities for August via RBP on Monday. The Russian gas company requested all of the 15 million cubic meters per day offered. The outcome of the auction was the same in the previous months.
Given that 100% of the offered firm capacities were sold at the auction, an additional one could be announced in the near future, for interruptible capacities, whose fulfilment depends on the technical capabilities of the gas transportation operator. This auction will likely take place on July 27.
Ukrainian gas companies already usually refer to Gazprom’s reluctance to buy non-guaranteed capacities – which are normally offered at a discount – at a guaranteed price as blackmailing Europe. However, the ratio of firm and interruptible gas transportation capacities remains the same at 19% and 81%, respectively.
Although preventive maintenance work is taking place on the Nord Stream and Yamal-Europe Russian export gas pipelines in July, Gazprom declined to increase its booking of Ukrainian gas transportation capacities, offsetting the fall in transit by withdrawing gas from storage facilities in Europe.
Gazprom has a long-term reservation of Ukrainian capacities in the volume of 40 billion cubic meters for 2021, which is equal to 109 mcm per day. With the additional 15 mcm booked at auction, this amounts to 124 mcm per day. The company is pumping 124 mcm per day on average through Ukraine in July, fully using the volume booked.
The cost of square meter of housing in new buildings in Ukraine in January-June 2021 grew by 10-20% depending on the readiness of the facility and the region, Director General of the Financial and Investment Management Association (FIMA) Viktoria Volkovska has told Interfax-Ukraine.
“We have analyzed dozens of housing facilities throughout Ukraine that work with construction financing funds. The overwhelming majority indicate an increase in the cost of square meter. At the same time, we have a situation where the cost of housing is growing faster than the price,” she said.
According to a survey conducted by FIMA, 76.9% of respondents reported an increase in the cost of square meter by 10-20%, and 7.7% told about an increase of more than 20%. Only 15.4% of respondents said that the cost of housing has not changed significantly.
In addition, only 10% of respondents reported a decrease in the volume of construction work, while 40% reported an increase of more than 20%, 10% – a 20% increase, and 20% – a 10% increase.
The FIMA study is based on an online survey of construction finance fund managers conducted following the results of the first half of 2021.
The Financial and Investment Management Association (FIMA) was established in May 2020 in connection with the entry into force of the law on amendments to certain legislative acts concerning improving the functions of public administration of financial services markets. It unites 41 financial companies that manage FFS funds in Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv.
The first 2 million doses of Moderna vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus, donated by the United States of America on the COVAX initiative, have arrived in Ukraine, UNICEF has reported.
“The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) delivered today 2,000,040 doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the American company Moderna, to Ukraine. This batch of vaccines is donated by the U.S. Government through the global COVAX Facility,” the message reads.
As noted, this batch of COVID vaccine will be used to do vaccinations by mobile teams of organized and professional groups of the previous stages of vaccination.
“Our main goal is to protect as many Ukrainians against COVID-19 as possible. We are thankful to partners who stand with us. We are now accelerating vaccination roll-out, so everyone could have access to vaccines. I urge all Ukrainians who not yet got their shots to come and get vaccinated in the mass vaccination centers to protect their health,” said Viktor Liashko, Minister of Health of Ukraine
It is noted that Moderna is an mRNA vaccine. It requires special storage and transportation, which is provided by the United States Agency for International Development USAID.
The Solway Investment Group international investment group, owning Pobuzhsky Ferronickel Plant (PFP, Kirovohrad region), at the end of 2020, maintained its consolidated revenue at the level of 2019, $624.2 million.
According to the company’s report, its EBITDA was $167 million with a margin of 26.7% in 2020, the cost of production decreased by 6.3% yea year-over-year, to $438.9 million.
“Solway has a cash balance in excess of financial debt, and, as a result, the ratio of net debt to EBITDA at the end of 2020 is below zero,” the company said in a press release.
At the same time, it is noted: despite the problems due to the pandemic, the work of Solway remains stable and safe. They managed to prevent the closure of enterprises and avoid social and economic consequences in the regions of their activity. Continuous operation was maintained and some plants even exceeded production targets.
According to the statement, the group’s actions were based on two key priorities, protecting the health and safety of employees and local communities, and laying the foundations for sustainable development and long-term economic recovery.
Solway’s strategic vision creates circular economic returns and prioritizes long-term growth over short-term profits.
“We strive to reduce the impact of our production on the environment, to comprehensively assess its impact when planning investment projects. We effectively use natural resources, raw materials and energy locally,” the company said in the press release.
In 2020, Solway has been actively pursuing the issue of reducing its carbon footprint. One of the main assets of the group, PFP, has been implementing a project to rehabilitate gas processing plants for several years in order to reduce emissions by 99.9%. The advanced stage of the project was reached in 2020.
