The Batkivshchyna faction has seen two further betrayals, or tushkas, writes Ukrainska Pravda. Vyacheslav Kutovyi and Volodymyr Kupchak, announced they were leaving the biggest opposition party, with Kupchak explaining the move by the opposition's betrayal of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who supposedly opposed the recent Rise Ukraine rally.
Moreover, 12 regional heads of Batkivshchyna party sent a letter to Tymoshenko, in which they accuse Arseniy Yatseniuk of trying to take over the party and blaming him for the appearance of tushkas, writes Zerkalo Nedeli.
Bank Forum is looking to launch court cases
against borrowers who violated credit agreements worth Hr 6.1 billion, writes
Forbes Ukraine. Bank Forum is owned by naturalized Ukrainian billionaire Vadim
Novinsky. The legal firm taking on most of these cases is Alekseev, Boyarchuk
& partners, and is expected to earn up to Hr 1 billion in legal fees.
Ukrainian confectionary products are allowed
back into Belarus, writes Korrespondent. Ukrainian
sweets had been banned in May, leading some to view the situation within the
context of Ukraine’s trade wars with Russia over political issues.
The Central Bank has limited cash transactions
to Hr 150,000, writes Ekonomichna
Pravda. The law will come into effect as of Sept. 1.
