{"id":433360,"date":"2021-09-23T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=433360"},"modified":"2021-09-23T21:44:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T18:44:56","slug":"the-verkhovna-rada-of-ukraine-adopted-a-law-on-oligarchs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-verkhovna-rada-of-ukraine-adopted-a-law-on-oligarchs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a law on oligarchs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Verkhovna Rada<\/strong> of Ukraine adopted a resonant <strong>bill No. 5599<\/strong> on oligarchs today, <strong>September 23<\/strong>. <strong>279 <\/strong>MPs voted for the document in the second reading and as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UA<\/a> with a link to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rada.gov.ua\/en\/news\/News\/214187.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">portal<\/a> of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of the law is to overcome conflicts of interest caused by the merger of <strong>politicians<\/strong>, <strong>media <\/strong>and <strong>big business<\/strong>, use political power for <strong>increasing <\/strong>their own capital, ensure Ukraine&#8217;s national security in the economic, political and information spheres, protect <strong>constitutional <\/strong>rights and <strong>freedoms <\/strong>of a citizen, protect <strong>democracy<\/strong>, ensure state sovereignty in avoidance of cases of manipulation of the consciousness of citizens by intentionally distorted information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been <strong>established <\/strong>that a person who has significant economic or political weight in public life (<strong>oligarch<\/strong>) is an individual who simultaneously meets at least the following <strong>characteristics<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) <strong>participates <\/strong>in political life;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2) has a <strong>significant <\/strong>impact on the media;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3) is the ultimate <strong>beneficial <\/strong>owner of an enterprise that is a subject of natural <strong>monopolies <\/strong>or holds a monopoly position in the market;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4) the <strong>confirmed value<\/strong> of the assets of the person (and business entities of which he is the <strong>beneficiary<\/strong>) exceeds one million living wages <strong>established <\/strong>for able-bodied persons as of January 1 of the corresponding year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision to <strong>recognize <\/strong>a person as an oligarch will be made by the <strong>National Security and Defense Council<\/strong> of Ukraine. It was reported that <strong>Dmytro Razumkov<\/strong> convened an extraordinary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on September 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-can-expect-on-our-strong-support-president-of-estonia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ukraine can expect on our strong support \u2013 President of Estonia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a resonant bill No. 5599 on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":433361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,55],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-433360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-ukraine-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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