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02.11.2017
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Over the past year, the National Bank of Ukraine has not only been criticized by the lazy. Ordinary Ukrainians are outraged by the devaluation of the hryvnia, and businesses are outraged by the total purge in the banking market. However, the most active "attack" on the NBU is People's Deputy Serhiy Taruta. For several months in a row, he has been carrying a brochure about the alleged corruption of Valeria Gontareva, and even tried to hold fake hearings on this issue in the basement of the Capitol in Washington. However, journalists found out that such hatred is based on a simple desire to protect her business.
Valeria Gontareva as the head of the NBU was most remembered for her steadfastness in liquidating dubious banking structures. One of these banks was Ukrainian Business Bank, which was controlled by the eldest son of the fugitive president Viktor Yanukovych. The liquidation procedure officially began in April 2015 and lasted almost a year. This event can be considered the starting point of Taruta's aggressive campaign against Gontareva. It would seem that the ex-head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration belongs to some kind of pocket bank "Family"? But the openness of the registers and the short-sightedness of the companies affiliated with Taruta make it possible to prove that this bank was far from a stranger to the billionaire.
Following the chronology of events, let us recall that in October 2016, on the eve of the next meeting of the NBU with representatives of the IMF, Serhiy Taruta published his famous brochure about "Gontareva's corruption". He first brought this Talmud to the USA, and later distributed it among the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada. At the meeting, representatives of the National Bank and the International Monetary Fund were to discuss a memorandum on further cooperation. This memorandum contains an extremely undesirable point for Taruta - the liquidation of the National Commission, which carries out state regulation in the field of financial services markets, with the subsequent separation of its functions. According to the IMF proposal, insurance companies, among other things, are to come under the wing of the NBU. And this is precisely what is critical for Taruta. After all, as it turned out, he has a considerable interest in the insurance market.
The media previously wrote that Serhiy Taruta indirectly controls the insurance company "Kremin". This connection is very easy to trace, although the insurance company itself risked publishing a press release in 2016, in which it stated that it had no relationship with the ex-head of the Donetsk region. However, this is a blatant lie.
As is known, Serhiy Taruta owns part of the corporation "Industrial Union of Donbass". Among the companies included in the ISD is PJSC "Asset Management Company "Altera Asset Management". This is confirmed by the data of the business search engine "YouControl".
In turn, this company owns a controlling stake in the Kremin Insurance Company. Moreover, until recently, a significant stake was owned by the Region company, which is directly controlled by the Azovimpex company. Among the founders of the latter — Serhiy Taruta and his brother Oleksandr.
Therefore, the statement of the press service of the insurance company that it is not associated with Taruta or its affiliated companies is untrue.
It is interesting that last year the Kremin Insurance Company was the leader in attracting payments. Even the world-famous AXA insurance company collected less money. The reason is simple: 97% of the premiums collected by Taruta insurance company are reinsurance.
Kremin is not the only insurance company with which Serhiy Taruta is associated. Due to the complex system of connections, it can also influence the Insurance Company "Aktiv-Garant" and the Insurance Company "VUSO". Behind reinsurance, which is the main activity of Taruta's insurance companies, lies one of the schemes for withdrawing funds and evading taxes.
An interesting nuance is that a large number of companies listed in the scheme have the same address: 70 Holosiivskyi Avenue. In fact, this is the building of the Mir Hotel near the Holosiivska metro station, which was tried to be raided several years ago. Other companies are located on the street. Institutskie, building 19 B. And none of the listed companies is registered in the pompous mansion of Serhiy Taruta on Yaroslavov Val. This was probably done to divert attention, and only official business is conducted in Yarval.
However, there are many questions about the office near the Golden Gate. In 2011, the bailiffs tried to take this mansion away, because another company proved in court that it belonged to it. Then shots rang out around the office and everything resembled a typical "mask show".
At the beginning of this year, the story surrounding the office on Yarval took on even more vivid colors. Taruta's company "Industrial Union of Donbas" was suspected of withdrawing funds from the bankrupt bank "Radykal" because the company "Quintair" was registered at the same address. Of course, ISD disavowed the transaction with the withdrawal of funds. As well as the office at Yaroslaviv Val, 3. And now it's interesting, because this building belongs to a Cypriot offshore, which is listed in Serhiy Taruta's declaration.
A lot is said about the connection of the ex-head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration with the insurance business. For example, "Altera Assets Management", which belongs to Taruta, eloquently proves this on its official website. In the section "Capital Raising. Debt Financing and Investments in Equity" you can see both the Insurance Company "VUSO", and the Insurance Company "Kremin", and the shareholder of "Kremin" - the company "Insurance Group" and the "Ukrainian Business Bank" mentioned at the beginning of the article.
And from this moment on, the story of Taruta's shady business takes a completely different direction. Remember the high-profile case with the detention of the editor-in-chief of the website "Strana.ua" Igor Guzhva? In the materials of the criminal case opened against the disgraced editor-in-chief, whose financing is linked to the fugitive head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Oleksandr Klymenko, one can find three companies that are directly related to Taruta.
As stated in the court ruling of August 21, 2017, from December 2013 to April 2014, at least three transactions were carried out on Ihor Guzhva's personal account at Ukrbusinessbank that seemed suspicious to law enforcement officers.
As payment for the securities, the head of the media holding paid the following amounts to three companies:
And almost on the same dates, the following were transferred to Guzhva's accounts:
In addition, as dividends on registered certificates, Igor Guzhva received another 92.00 million hryvnias from the company "Altera Asset Management" (directly controlled by ISD).
All the above facts make it clear what the main reason for Serhiy Taruta's hatred towards the National Bank of Ukraine and Valeria Gontareva directly is. Firstly, the bank through which Taruta's transactions were carried out, strangely connected with the financing of Klymenko's media holding, was liquidated. And secondly, to fulfill the memorandum with the IMF, the NBU will take control of the insurance market. And this means that in the wake of the "bankopad" there may come an active liquidation of insurance companies-pads.
Serhiy Taruita would not like this very much, so he decided to spread rumors to the whole world that the National Bank of Ukraine has plunged into corruption. A normal move, as for a politician from the 90s who is trying to protect business. However, in the era of open registers and databases, when in a few hours you can find connections between fictitious companies, gray schemes and influential "uncles" - such "fakes" will not pass.
Source: 1NEWS
Author: Anna Mezhova
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