8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (3)
#18482236 at 2023-03-11 00:06:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22664: As the Laundry Spins Edition
A little more on PrivatBank…
Privatbank launched its Cyprus operation in the late 1990s. No other Ukrainian lender is known ever to have received permission from the National Bank of Ukraine to open an overseas branch.
The head of the National Bank of Ukraine, Yakiv Smolii, said PrivatBank's Cyprus office didn't materially differ from the lender's branches in Ukrainian cities such as Kharkiv or Lutsk, so cash being funnelled there didn't trigger any regulatory action. Ukrainian officials did nothing to stop the money from leaving the country. (Smolii spoke to OCCRP in his capacity as co-author of the book "Private Story: The Rise and Fall of Ukraine's Largest Private Bank.")
#9841158 at 2020-07-03 17:30:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12595: POTUS Meets Tailor to Have Head Measured for Mt. Rushmore EDITION
Ukraine Central Bank Chief Cites "Systematic Political Pressure" In Shock Protest Resignation
Ukraine's business community and investors are reeling - not to mention a presidential office eager to present itself as driving a longtime clean-up of the corrupt banking sector - over the Wednesday shock resignation of Ukraine's highly respected central bank chief Yakiv Smolii. His tenure was supposed to go until 2025, but President Zelensky accepted the resignation Thursday.
The timing couldn't be more suspect: the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) governor announced he resigned due to "systematic political pressure" which many believe came directly from Zelensky and his lawmakers, but also oligarchs said to be close to the young 'reformer' president.
It was only last month that Kiev secured a crucial $5 billion eighteen-month loan to help weather the economic slump due to the COVID-19 crisis, $2.9 billion of which has already been distributed.
Smolii's letter of resignation submitted to President Volodymyr Zelensky said as follows: "For a long time, the National Bank of Ukraine has been under systematic political pressure," the surprise statement catching the entire nation off guard began.
"This makes it impossible for me, as the Governor, to effectively carry out my duties as the head of the National Bank of Ukraine and interact with other government agencies," according to the statement posted prominently on the NBU's official site.
I've submitted my resignation appeal to the President. This decision has been taken as an answer to systematic political pressure that denied fulfillment of my duties as the Governor. Let it be a warning for attempts to undermine institutional independence of the central bank. pic.twitter.com/cFQuAlakrM
- Yakiv Smolii (@YSmolii) July 1, 2020
No doubt this line Smollii posted in a social media statement has raised eyebrows at the IMF:
"Let it be a warning for attempts to undermine institutional independence of the central bank."
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ukraine-central-bank-chief-shock-protest-resignation-citing-systematic-political-pressure
#4247497 at 2018-12-11 00:16:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5411: [Treason], Crimes against Humanity Edition
Poroshenko Signs Law Abrogating the Treaty of Friendship with Russia
KIEV, Ukraine - The Ukrainian president, Pyotr Poroshenko, announced on Monday that the law abolishing the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Russia and Ukraine was signed and will come into effect from April 1, 2019.
The president made the announcement on his Twitter account.
In September, Poroshenko approved the decision of the National Security and Defense Council for the termination of the treaty. Kiev commented on that occasion that it was not the denunciation of the agreement but of the decision not to extend it.
Moscow described the decision of Kiev as a destructive step and lamented the break.
The Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Russia and Ukraine was signed in Kiev on 31 May 1997. The 10-year document entered into force on 1 April 1999 with an automatic extension for a further 10 years if there is no objection.
The document is essential for bilateral relations between countries and provides for a strategic partnership.
Meanwhile, the National Bank of Ukraine spent $125 million to insure the exchange rate in the country in the first 3 days after the imposition of martial law in the country in response to the incident in the Kerch Strait.
The information was disclosed by the bank's president, Yakiv Smolii, on Sunday.
On November 26, the Ukrainian parliament supported the initiative of Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko to impose martial law in 10 regions of the east of the country.
The measure was a response to the incident in the Kerch Strait where three Ukrainian ships were detained by Russia after illegally crossing Russian territorial waters.
"A certain exaltation in the first three days after the imposition of martial law was quickly replaced by the strengthening of the hryvnia [Ukrainian currency] at the end of the week. The National Bank softened the fluctuations of foreign exchange interventions. To support the exchange rate, about $125 million was spent on reservations between November 26 and 30," Smolii told VoxUkraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kerch Strait incident was a provocation prepared as a pretext to introduce martial law in the Ukraine. Putin also said that the provocation could be linked to Poroshenko's low popularity and the approach of the presidential elections of 2019, whose campaign began in December.
https://www.fort-russ.com/2018/12/poroshenko-signs-law-abrogating-the-treaty-of-friendship-with-russia/