Ukraine made considerable progress in removing oligarchs from power - Poroshenko
KYIV. Jan 14 (Interfax) - Ukraine will continue moving towards de-oligarchization by removing the possibility of political influence on the management of state companies and oligarchs' involvement in corruption schemes, the country's president Petro Poroshenko has said.
"The goal is to separate oligarchs from state money, from power, from politics, so that they turn into ordinary entrepreneurs and work in a competitive environment. In my view, we have come most of the way," the president told a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday.
Already practices have been improved at Ukrnafta and within the coal mining sector and the country has introduced transparent rules for price-formation and competition-based appointment of managers, said Poroshenko, adding that 2016 will also see the introduction of independent directors.
A special role in this de-oligarchization process will be played by the new anti-corruption bodies which were formed without political influence, the president said.