The NBU will help the Ministry of Justice prepare for the trial with Fridman through “Sens Bank” – Rozhkov
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The National Bank will take part in the preparation of the Ministry of Justice for the hearings in the lawsuit filed by the company of Russian oligarchs Mykhailo Fridman, Andriy Kosogov and Piotr Aven, who are demanding compensation for the nationalization of Sens Bank.
This was reported by the first deputy head of the NBU, Kateryna Rozhkova, in the “Chronicles of Economy” podcast.
“We are ready and will participate, provide our expertise to the Ministry of Justice in preparation for the hearing of this lawsuit. And I have a serious inner conviction that, from the point of view of further prospects, we have every chance that this lawsuit will be considered in favor of the state Ukraine,” she said.
According to the first deputy head of the NBU, when deciding on the nationalization of Sens Bank, the regulator acted in the interests of the bank’s depositors and financial stability. After all, according to the current legislation, bank owners are obliged to maintain their capital and liquidity at an appropriate level. Since the former owners of “Sens Bank” were under sanctions, they did not have such an opportunity.
“Immediately after the full-scale invasion, we saw a significant outflow of depositors – not only individuals, but also legal entities – from the then-Alfa Bank. In fact, it was just people reacting to the fact that this bank is connected to individuals who are under sanctions and which, in fact, are related to Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine,” Rozhkova recalled.
On January 5, 2024, it became known that ABH Holdings SA, which was the nominal owner of “Sens Bank”, filed a lawsuit against Ukraine and demands compensation for the forced nationalization of the financial institution in the amount of 1 billion dollars.
The Russian oligarchs brought their claim to the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the world’s leading investor-state dispute settlement body under the auspices of the World Bank in Washington.
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We remind you:
Ukraine became the owner of 100% of the shares of “Sens Bank” (formerly “Alfa Bank Ukraine”) on July 21, 2023.
Government passed the decision to purchase all the shares of “Sens Bank” from the Deposit Guarantee Fund of individuals for 1 hryvnia.
On the eve of the board of the National Bank made a decision withdraw “Sens Bank” from the market and appealed to the Cabinet of Ministers with a request to nationalize the financial institution.
The owners of direct significant participation in the bank were ABH Ukraine Limited (Cyprus) and ABH Holdings SA (Luxembourg), the owners of indirect significant participation – citizen of the Russian Federation and Israel Mykhailo Fridman, citizen of the Russian Federation and Latvia Piotr Aven, citizen of the Russian Federation Andriy Kosogov.
The Security Service of Ukraine documented the criminal activity of financing the war against Ukraine and announced the suspicion Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman.
Previously at the Bureau of Economic Security reportedwhich made Fridman suspicious because of the possible legalization of UAH 100 million.
In September 2023, the company ABH Holdings SA, which was the nominal owner of the shares of “Sens Bank” before its nationalization, statedthat the new criminal charges against Russian oligarch and ABHH minority shareholder Mikhail Fridman are “a hodgepodge of inappropriate political accusations.”
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