NBU strips Russian shareholders of voting rights in Forward, Ukrainian Capital, PIB banks

MOSCOW. Oct 24 (Interfax) - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has temporarily stripped the voting rights of the Russian shareholders of Forward bank, Ukrainian Capital, and First Investment Bank (PIB), according to the NBU's website.

According to the statement, the regulator has banned Skela Tertium LLC, which owns a 21.39% stake in Ukrainian Capital, from using the right to vote as of September 29, and has banned PIB's majority shareholder Yevgeny Giner (88.89%) from voting as of October 3.

In Forward bank, the NBU has temporarily stripped the vote of a chain of shareholders as of October 3, namely Russian Standard Bank, which directly owns 100%; CJSC Russian Standard Company; Russian Standard-Invest LLC; and Rustam Tariko.