The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has declared insolvent Bank Zemelny Kapital (Land Capital, Dnipro) of former Minister of the Coal Industry Viktor Topolov (94.4% of shares), which as of June 1, 2021 ranked 63rd in terms of total assets (UAH 909.983 million) among 73 banks operating in the country, the press service of the central bank said.
The corresponding decision was approved by NBU decree No. 400-RSh/BT dated August 11, 2021.
“The board of the NBU decided to declare Bank Zemelny Kapital insolvent due to failure to fulfill its obligations to depositors and other creditors because of insufficient funds in the period established by the agreement or determined by the legislation of Ukraine,” the report says.
The NBU noted that the share of the financial institution amounted to 0.04% of the net assets of solvent banks, therefore the classification of the bank as insolvent will not affect the stability of the banking sector of Ukraine, which is stable today.
It is indicated that since the bank on July 1 was classified as a problematic due to the violation of liquidity standards, the financial condition and indicators of the bank deteriorated, the volume of highly liquid assets decreased to a critical level, which led to the emergence of outstanding customer payments.
It is noted that the only owner of the bank, Viktor Topolov, did not provide financial support to the institution, despite Article 58 of the law “on banks and banking activities, which states that the owners of substantial participation in the bank must take timely measures to prevent the occurrence of bank insolvency.
According to the report, 70% of the bank’s depositors will receive deposits in full, since their size does not exceed the amount guaranteed by the Deposit Guarantee Fund of UAH 200,000, while clients with larger amounts of deposits will receive them within the amount guaranteed by the fund.
The National Bank added that in general, the possible amount of payments of the guaranteed sum to depositors as of July 1, 2021 is UAH 435.8 million, or 92% of the total amount of individuals’ deposits.
Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Denys Monastyrsky introduced new Chief of the Main Division of the National Police in Kyiv, Police Colonel Ivan Vyhovsky, who previously headed the police in Poltava region, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.
As stated in a message posted on the ministry’s website on Wednesday, the minister said that he expects from the new chief of Kyiv Police “increased attention to ensuring public safety, especially on the eve of the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence.”
“This is the first challenge that awaits you and all of us. And now you personally, Ivan Mykhailovych [newly appointed Kyiv Police chief Ivan Vyhovsky], will be responsible for organizing this holiday,” the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs quotes Monastyrsky as saying.
According to the minister, the new leadership of the head office should have a priority on “issues of combating crimes, which citizens most of all complain about.”
“These are issues of robberies, thefts of vehicles. We in parliament, together with the leadership of the National Police, managed to pass a number of legislative acts to counter theft of vehicles. Now we would like these laws to be clearly implemented in practice. Every appeal of Kyiv residents would not be left without a reaction from the capital police,” Monastyrsky said.
The minister called on the metropolitan police to pay special attention to minor, domestic crimes. He also noted the inadmissibility of any manifestations of corruption.
“I draw your attention to the fact that the issue of combating corruption will be the main issue and priority of my work. There will be no connivance for people who will engage in corruption schemes, either from me, or from the head of the National Police, or from the head of Kyiv police,” the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
Monastyrsky thanked the former head of the capital’s police chief Andriy Kryschenko for his work and expressed the hope that “the best traditions and principles” of this work will be transferred to the new leadership.
In turn, Head of the National Police Ihor Klymenko said: “I want to direct the entire metropolitan garrison to serious painstaking work, as we did before. The head of the National Police Department should, as always, be at the site of mass events in order to personally assess all the risks and dangers who can expect us.”
Klymenko also said the issue of illegal construction, raiding and property crimes should be a priority.
“I would like to draw your attention to the railway station, the central streets of Kyiv, the metro, thousands of tourists should be safe. Focus your efforts on this, first of all, on these holidays, which we will celebrate from August 16 to 25,” he said.
In turn, Vyhovsky expressed gratitude for the opportunity to manage such a large unit as Kyiv police and said: “Together with the personnel, we will coordinate our actions in order to continue to create a safe environment for Kyiv residents and guests of the city. The tasks set by the government leadership will be fulfilled as much as possible.”
Krsyschenko thanked the management and colleagues for their work over the course of five years and wished success to the new head of the metropolitan police.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba held a telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the parties agreed to hold the first ever meeting of the joint economic commission.
“The heads of Ukrainian and Pakistani diplomacy agreed to hold the first political consultations of the foreign ministries and the first ever meeting of the Joint Ukrainian-Pakistani Commission on Economic Cooperation,” the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on its website.
Kuleba also said that it was Ukrainian traders who exported the critically needed volume of grain, which compensated for two-thirds of the deficit during last year’s food crisis in Pakistan. Thus, the minister said that Ukraine is ready to increase export volumes, in particular, together with Pakistan, to develop trade with other countries in the region.
“The ministers expressed a common desire to significantly increase the number of Pakistani students coming to study in Ukraine. The parties exchanged invitations to make visits,” the ministry said in the statement.
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Ukrgazvydobuvannia in January-July 2021 reduced gross production of natural gas by 5.2% (by 437 million cubic meters) compared to the same period in 2020, to 7.932 billion cubic meters, the press service of the company said.
According to its data, gross production for the seven months decreased by 5.1% (by 406 million cubic meters) compared to January-July 2020, to 7.493 billion cubic meters.
Underfulfillment of the production plan is 125 million cubic meters and 51 million cubic meters respectively
In July 2021, gross gas production decreased by 4.8% (by 57.5 million cubic meters) compared to July 2020, to 1.144 billion cubic meters, marketable – by 4.5% (by 50.8 million cubic meters), to 1.088 billion cubic meters.
To stabilize production indicators during January-July 2021, the company commissioned 25 new wells, carried out 80 well workovers, performed 321 coiled tubing operations, 71 hydraulic fracturing operations, carried out nine sidetracking operations, equipped a remote monitoring system for 197 high-production wells.
As reported, Ukrgazvydobuvannia, 100% of which belongs to NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy, in 2020 reduced production of marketable gas by 1.2% (by 170 million cubic meters) compared to 2019, to 13.45 billion cubic meters, and the company’s gross production amounted to 14.23 billion cubic meters.
The full transition of all public services to the “paperless” regime in Ukraine will end in three months, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has said.
“Ukraine will switch to the ‘paperless’ regime in three months. This week, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on the transfer of all public services online. No government agency will be able to require a paper certificate anymore, since all information will be contained in electronic registers,” Shmyhal said on Facebook on Sunday, August 8.
He noted that thanks to the transition to the “paperless” regime, it will help increase the number of public electronic services and minimize the corruption component when receiving them.
“The Ministry of Digital Transformation is actively working on the digitalization of services in order to exclude the influence of the human factor on decision-making,” the Prime Minister said.
As reported, on July 15, the Verkhovna Rada passed a draft law on the specifics of providing electronic public services (on the “paperless” regime).
DTEK Energy, amid low coal stocks at its TPPs’ warehouses, has begun importing thermal coal from Kazakhstan and is negotiating coal supplies from Poland and the United States, the company’s press service has said.
According to the press service, DTEK Energy is actively looking for opportunities to provide TPPs with additional imported coal.
“Despite the increased demand for coal on global markets, we are actually starting to import it. The first batch from Kazakhstan is already on its way. Next week we expect the start of coal supplies from Poland. We are also negotiating the supply of shiploads from the United States,” CEO of DTEK Energy Ildar Saleev said.
According to the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, coal stocks in the warehouses of thermal power plants of five power generating companies (DTEK Dniproenergo, DTEK Zakhidenergo, DTEK Skhidenergo, Centrenergo and Donbasenergo) as of Wednesday morning dropped to 754,000 tonnes, which is almost 500,000 tonnes less than the accumulation schedule approved by the ministry on August 11 (1.237 million tonnes).
