Sale of the country: Only 15 strategic enterprises will remain in the ownership of Ukraine
Kiev
During the expected large-scale privatization of state-owned enterprises, only 15 strategic production facilities will remain in Ukrainian ownership; the rest will be transferred to private hands, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Oleksandr Borovik stated yesterday in an interview with Channel 5 .
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Let us recall that the Yatsenyuk government is planning the largest privatization (transition into private hands) of state-owned enterprises since the early 90s, despite the fact that in the conditions of a war for assets one can get a meager amount of money.
Alexander Borovik comments on this process: “We need to free our market in the country - this is the land market, the enterprise market. We have 3500 state-owned enterprises. Whatever can be done privately must be done privately. And the faster the state can run out of the economic sector, the better. We need to look at privatization not to improve one enterprise, but to improve the entire economy. It is necessary to leave 10-15 strategic enterprises - something can be done with them, but all the rest must be privatized as quickly as possible,” the official explained.
Yesterday, Lithuanian Minister of Economic Development and Trade Aivaras Abromavicius announced that he plans to involve French experts in state privatization in Ukraine.
Let us recall that the promised sale of state assets was previously referred to by experts as the sale of the state itself and its foundations.
Country Sale : Ukraine Will Remain Owned by Only 15 Strategic Enterprises