It will now be difficult for Russians to register a bank in Ukraine, because the National Bank has made changes to the “Regulations on Licensing Banks”, which come into force on July 23, the press service of the regulator reports..

Now it will be virtually impossible for citizens and companies of a country that commits aggression against Ukraine to register a bank with us. The same applies to corrupt officials, former officials who were fired from their jobs due to involvement in disciplinary negligence and other.

In particular, the amendments to the Regulation define:.

that any documents can be submitted to the National Bank both in paper and electronic form;

cases when the National Bank has the right to demand from a legal entity acquiring or increasing a significant participation in a bank to provide documents and information to confirm the presence of funds to be contributed to the capital of the bank in a non-cash form on accounts opened with financial institutions;

cases when an individual who accepts or increases a significant participation in a bank may not submit documents and information to the National Bank to confirm the presence of funds to be contributed to the capital of the bank in a non-cash form on accounts opened with financial institutions.

The list of signs of a faulty business reputation of legal entities has been supplemented with the following signs:.

the person is registered or is a tax resident or its location is the state carrying out/carrying out armed aggression against Ukraine;

the person is included in the list of issuers with signs of fictitiousness maintained by the National Securities and Stock Market Commission;

public encumbrances or a ban on trading in securities of a legal entity or a suspension of the placement of shares in connection with the recognition of the issue as unfair or the application of special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions);

possession of significant participation (possibility of significant influence) in a financial institution, a foreign financial institution classified as insolvent or declared bankrupt, or whose license has been revoked, or excluded from the register of the relevant institutions (previously this applied only to banks).

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The list of signs of a faulty business reputation of individuals has also been updated, in particular, the following signs have been added:.

the person is a citizen or tax resident, or the place of his permanent residence is the state carrying out/carrying out armed aggression against Ukraine;

entry into force of a court decision against a person for violating the requirements of anti-corruption legislation, legislation on financial monitoring, legislation on financial services;

dismissal of a person from the position of a judge, prosecutor, law enforcement officer, public service or service in local government in connection with bringing to disciplinary responsibility;

application of a disciplinary sanction to a person by depriving the person of the right to engage in advocacy, notarial activities or the activities of an arbitration manager (property manager, rehabilitation manager, liquidator), to carry out the activities of a private executor;

possession of significant participation (possibility of significant influence) or being a member of the management / control body or in the position of the head of a financial institution, a foreign financial institution that has been classified as insolvent or declared bankrupt, or whose license has been revoked, or excluded from the register of relevant institutions (previously this.

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Recall, according to the adviser to the President of Ukraine, Western banks that continue cooperation with the Russian Federation commit war crimes. At the same time, the EU is discussing the lifting of sanctions against seven Russian banks, because this is necessary in order to resume trade in agricultural products, in particular, wheat and fertilizers..