The National Bank temporarily revoked the voting rights of all shareholders of Avangard Bank, which is associated with Valeria Gontareva, as well as with the ICU company, the largest broker in Ukraine on the bond market. The regulator made the decision on January 22, 2024.
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The bank’s shareholders are citizens Ukrainians who live in London, Konstantin Stetsenko and Makar Pasenyuk, as well as several companies owned by them. The decision of the National Bank is likely related to the court case filed by the Ministry of Justice.
We would like to remind you that Economic Pravda published material about the ICU company and Avangard Bank. The Ukrainian government accuses them of receiving income from seized Russian assets.
Topic: ICU received about 949 million in profit from seized Sberbank bonds
For reference
“Bank Avangard » – registered in July 2013. Westal Holding (Cyprus), part of the Investment Capital Ukraine (ICU) group, bought it in October of the same year.
From September 2013 to June 17, 2014, Valeria Gontareva served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of this bank . On June 19, 2014, Gontareva became the head of the National Bank.
