Among other things, deputies have banned Russian citizens to purchase state assets.
The Verkhovna Rada passed the draft law, which will allow the government to start privatization of large state enterprises, Correspondent.net reports.
The relevant draft law was developed by deputies in lieu of the same, the author of which was the Cabinet of Ministers.
The new document as well as the previous one cancels the obligatory preliminary sale of 5-10% shares of the enterprise on the exchange before the beginning of competition as well as bans Russian citizens to participate in privatization.
The Verkhovna Rada tried to pass this draft law from November 2015. The Minister of Economic Development and Trade Aivaras Abromavicius declared repeatedly about the necessity to pass this law.
Government planned to start privatization of large enterprises from Odessa Portside Plant as well as to put up for privatization the energy supply companies (oblenergo) and the energy generating company Centrenergo.
The Cabinet of Ministers postponed the so-called large privatization to 2016. In the meantime the list, including 910 properties, was prepared for small privatization.
