Media: Turchynov sanctions against Russia achieves a monopoly in the gambling business

The head of the NSDC of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov took advantage of the anti-Russian sanctions to eliminate competitors plants related To his family, in the gaming sphere, Ukrainian media reports.
"From hundreds of organizations in the sanctions list, only two From the beginning registered in Ukraine. The operators of the national lottery, " writes Insider. Assets and approval for a placement Firm lost "Patriot" and "M. S. L." which belong to the Russians." All licenses for lotteries had four companies. In addition to these, the state "Oschadbank" and "Ukrainian national Company" (UNL). However, "Oschadbank" never such activity was not engaged, says the magazine. so, if the sanctions taboo is in force, the market will only UNL ". Insider recalls that " the term of license all 4 operators expired in 2014, but the Ministry of Finance has not issued fresh ", and " since the prohibition of gambling business in 2009, management did not encourage the national lottery ". In 2013, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine "has even drawn up a draft law imposing a moratorium on the issuance of licenses, "Although" the operators of lotteries continued to work and after expiry of licences ". It is stated that "in 2015, the activities of the "Patriot" was paralyzed in practice " and "the lottery market presumably was divided in half between organizations" M. S. L " and UNL ".
Although " in 2013 the market share of UNL was approximately 5%, is now only conditionally legitimate operator in the market was Firm UNL ". From September 2015 the founder operator UNL was a Hungarian Firm Holding UNL. In the final state register the owner operator for a long time is specified Kiev Sergey Pendics. However, This is not the only company that was headed by Pendics. In 2007 he was the head of the organization " Eden ", which is currently eliminated. At that time the co-owner of "Eden" through the company "Europe-X" was the LLC " Institute of Economics and law ". LTD. until now belongs to Anna and Valentina Turchynov. Respectively - wife and mother of Secretary of the NSDC of Ukraine. So, in the sanctions list, established under the guidance of Oleksandr Turchynov, came all the competitors of the organization, owned by the former Manager of his family. Insider appealed to the national security Council and To the environment Turchynov With a request to comment on this situation. The questions were ignored.


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