The presidential election campaign in Ukraine will not influence the privatization process

The presidential election campaign in Ukraine will not influence the privatization process, Trubarov, the Property Fund’s acting head, tells Channel 5. Concorde Capital’s Alexander Paraschiy differs: “It’s positive that the long-running privatization saga is finally moving forward. However, it will be late 2018, or another four-to-six months, by the time the privatization auctions are finally organized. By then, the presidential election campaign will be in full swing (for the March 2019 vote), which means it won’t be the best time to sell anything in Ukraine. So despite this announcement, we continue to believe that no large companies will be privatized this year.”