Newly appointed anti-corruption prosecutor Kholodnitskiy, said that his first task is to form the structure of the department. According to him, it’s harmful to save on fight against corruption.
The Court of Appeal upheld the restrain measure in the form of the house arrest until 31 December 2015 for leader of the "Ukrop" party Korban.
The State Treasury reported that on the single account it accumulated nearly UAH 48 billion , which is a record in the history of Ukraine. The Government explains the growth of balances on the account by receipt of international financial assistance, increase in revenues from the devaluation and inflation and postponement of payments on foreign debts for the future periods.
Head of the National Bank Gontareva downgraded the forecast for the bank reserves growth by the end of the year due to inability to obtain the next tranche from the IMF, but according to her, the level of $ 13 billion would be sufficient to cover three months of imports.
The official rate of hryvnia did not change: 23,84 ₴ / $ (-0,11 UAH), 25,27 ₴ / € (-0,06 UAH), 3,60 ₴ / 10 ₽ (+0,02 UAH). The rate in exchange offices and commercial banks, as well as rates in relation to the major currencies used in the calculations of electronic payments exceed the official rate by more than one and a half hryvnia.
