The assets of Ukraine's banking system by the end of 2017 will amount to UAH 1.5-1.6 trillion (as of October 1, 2016 some UAH 1.27 trillion), while the number of banks will not exceed 75-80 against 95 currently operating, former deputy head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Vladyslav Rashkovan forecasts.
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has approved a working plan to provide for the functioning of the National Agency for Tracing, Recovery and Management of Crime Assets.
Ukraine can rely on return from Latvia of at least 50% of the assets stolen by fugitive president Viktor Yanukovych. Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yevhen Yenin said this on the air of 112 Ukraine TV channel.
Austrian Ambassador to Ukraine Hermine Poppeller has called for enhanced cooperation between the two countries on recovery of the assets stolen by ex-officials of Yanukovych regime.
The assets of only eight officials of the ex-president Yanukovych’s regime from among eighteen under EU’s sanctions have been found and frozen. If the sanctions are lifted, the assets of only two ex-officials will remain arrested as part of the criminal proceedings.