The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine authorized the Dnipropetrovsk businessman Sergei Tigipko to purchase shares of VS Bank - the "daughter" of the Russian Sberbank. This is reported on Friday, September 29, the press service of the department. "The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine considered the application for granting permission to a natural person - a citizen of Ukraine Tigipko Sergey Leonidovich for an indirect acquisition of shares in PJSC" ViEst Bank "(g. Lviv), which ensures the excess of 50% of the votes in the supreme governing body of the company, "the Committee's statement says.. It is noted that the buyer indirectly exercises control over OJSC "TASKOMBANK" (g. Kiev) and PJSC "Universal Bank" (g. Kiev). "The aggregate share of concentration participants in the banking services market in 2016 does not exceed 4% for each. Considering that concentration does not lead to monopolization or substantial restriction of competition in the commodity markets of Ukraine, on the basis of Article 25 of the Law of Ukraine "On Protection of Economic Competition", the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine granted permission for the declared concentration, "the document. Earlier, the head of the National Bank (NBU), Ekaterina Rozhkova, reported that Tigipko submitted a package of documents for the purchase of 99.9% of VS Bank shares and the transaction is in the final stage. Tigipko held high positions in the government of Ukraine:

during the presidency of Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yanukovich, he was vice-premier, and also headed the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Social Policy. Recall that in March this year, with respect to five structures of Russian state-owned banks - Sberbank and its daughter VS Bank, VTB, BM-Bank and Prominvestbank, the Kiev authorities imposed sanctions. Credit institutions were prohibited from withdrawing capital outside of Nezalezhnaya in favor of the persons connected with them.