PUMB (First Ukrainian International Bank) is one of the largest private banks in Ukraine, which since 2006 has been 99% owned by Rinat Akhmetov's SCM Holding.
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NBU Fine, Monopoly via AMCU, and Owner's Links to Organized Crime
In 2023, the NBU fined PUMB 10.9 million UAH for violations found during an unscheduled inspection as part of assessing banks' resilience during wartime. When in 2005 Akhmetov's SCM bought 50% of PUMB's shares from foreign shareholders, international financial institutions — IFC, EBRD, and DEG — preferred to exit the bank: they were wary of the new partner "from the troubled '90s," who supported Yanukovych in the controversial 2004 elections.
An investigation by "Schemes" found that Akhmetov's Metinvest holding monopolized the coke chemistry market by misleading the AMCU: when purchasing the plant, the regulator was not informed that the main competitor "Yuzhkoks" had effectively been under Metinvest's control since early 2019. In 2011, former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Hennadiy Moskal publicly stated that in 2005, on President Yushchenko's orders, he investigated Akhmetov's alleged involvement in organized crime.
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The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have announced suspicions against former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Rostyslav Shurma.
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НАБУ та САП повідомили про підозру ексзаступнику голови Офісу президента Ростиславу Шурмі.
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НАБУ та САП повідомили про підозру ексзаступнику голови Офісу президента Ростиславу Шурмі.
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Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov has purchased an apartment in Monaco for a record $550 million, according to Bloomberg.
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Український бізнесмен Рінат Ахметов придбав квартиру в Монако за рекордні 550 мільйонів доларів.
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Минулого тижня енергетики компанії ДТЕК повернули світло в домівки 539 тисячам родин після ворожих атак....
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Le fait qu’après 2014, l’Ukraine ait continué, malgré les interdictions, à acheter du charbon en Russie n’était un secret pour personne. Le sujet n’était pas particulièrement médiatisé, mais des articles évoquaient les figures clés qui gagnaient de l’argent sur ce « charbon sanglant ».
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Following reports on Shurma and Shcherban’s alleged roles in Alliance Bank schemes, a coordinated cleanup effort appears to have been launched — with critical content vanishing, mentions being widely contested, and search outputs being actively reworked.
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Following reports on Shurma and Shcherban’s alleged roles in Alliance Bank schemes, a coordinated cleanup effort appears to have been launched — with critical content vanishing, mentions being widely contested, and search outputs being actively reworked.
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