The bank’s shareholders, Kosogov (41%), Friedman (32.9%) and Avens (12.4%), have previously pledged to do everything in their power to get the UK, EU and US regulators allowed to “thaw” the amount needed to increase the bank’s capital.
Bankers’ trustee Simeon Djankov, according to Forbes information, has already received permission from the Central Bank of Ukraine to coordinate this issue with shareholders.
One billion US dollars is twice as much as the bank’s own capital. And currently the bank has no acute need for financial injections and it is liquid, said the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ukraine Ekaterina Rozhkov.
Shareholders want to support the bank “so that it can be managed and work for the benefit of the Ukrainian economy,” he said Alpha Bank Ukraine Chairman of the Supervisory Board Romans Špaks. At present, shareholders do not have voting rights, but they take full responsibility to depositors.
As reported Forbes Sources in Ukraine, Lviv-born Friedman do not want to sell the bank, and are considering giving up Russian citizenship to save the bank. Without a Russian passport, Friedman can get out of the circle of those sanctioned, and Avens and Kosogov will be able to hand over their shares in the Ukrainian business, someone said. Forbes source.
It has been repeatedly reported that Avens is a citizen of Latvia and in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war, some politicians in Latvia have raised the issue of deprivation of citizenship. The Saeima has recently passed a separate law that will regulate the procedure for deprivation of citizenship.
Concerns about the possible deprivation of citizenship for Aven have been expressed by the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, who emphasized the help of Avena and business partners for Ukraine.
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