Ukraine: Kazakh investor acquires Region-Bank

Kazakh investor Arif Babayev has become the owner of Ukrainian Region-Bank renamed Sky Bank, the bank’s press service has reported. “The Kazakh investor bought universal bank Region-Bank with 26 year experience on the Ukrainian market renaming it Sky Bank and focusing on development of IT solutions,” the bank said on its website. “We are making…

Ukraine: corn crops in fair condition

The absence of productive rain over a long time caused faster ripening of early cereals in the southern and central regions, along with premature drying of those planted after non-fallow predecessors. As a result, kernels failed to get filled: they are shriveled with a low 1000-kernel weight (23-35 g). As of today, winter wheat in…