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Apart from Kolomoyskyi and Pinchuk. Ukrainian oligarchs signed a memorandum on new principles of doing business
Representatives of 9 Ukrainian financial-industrial groups signed a memorandum of interaction between the government and business in the country, which enshrines the principles of doing business.
Among them there were no Ihor Kolomoyskyi and Viktor Pinchuk. This is reported by a correspondent of the publication Hromadske. The memorandum lists 15 principles of doing business that the signatories must adhere to.
These include the independence of the National Bank, fulfillment of the conditions of the Association Agreement with the EU, transparency and simplicity of the tax system, judicial and anti-corruption reforms, the land market, transparent privatization, countering raiding, public access to information about ultimate owners of enterprises and high-value assets, support for a competitive environment, and stripping the Security Service of Ukraine of the function of investigating economic crimes. “I believe that there is a unique economic consensus in Ukraine right now.”
Thus we have a unique chance to reduce corruption, protect property rights, and simplify doing business,” said economist Anders Åslund. It was Åslund who prepared the memorandum. The document was signed by Sergei Tigipko, owner of the Ukrlandfarming company, Andriy Stavnytsar (group TIS), Jok Mendoza-Wilson, director of international relations at the SCGroup (Rinat Akhmetov’s company), as well as representatives of Burizma Nikolai Zlochevskii, Smart Holding Vadim Novinsky, Epicentr group Galina and Oleksandr Gerega. Among the signatories there is no co-owner of the channel 1+1 Ihor Kolomoyskyi and his business partners.
“There were two businessmen we did not invite to sign these principles, but I will not name their surnames,” said Åslund. Besides Ihor Kolomoyskyi, judging by the list of signatories, the memorandum was not endorsed by representatives of the EastOne holding of oligarch Viktor Pinchuk, who also owns the media group StarLightMedia. Why these two influential businessmen were not invited to the event is unknown.
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