More Mud Slinging Over Re-Privatization Process

President Viktor Yushchenko promised yesterday that a ?report? on re-privatization will be ready within two days. Meanwhile, high ranking government officials made a number of confusing statements, including a considerable amount of mud-slinging between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Deputy PM Anotoli Kinkakh. Tymoshenko said a list of 29 companies marked for re-privatization was not prepared by the government, but by ?one minister.? Kinkah accused Tymoshenko of ?lying? and ?populism.? There are rumors that either Tymoshenko or Kinakh may leave the government shortly. Concorde Capital:  Despite the tension, we do not expect any resignations in the government at this time. We expect the uncertainty over re-privatization to be resolved within a few weeks and that mass re-privatizations are unlikely.

The List Of 29

1

  Kryvorizhstal

2

  Tsentralnyi GOK

3

  Severnyi GOK

4

  “Suhaya Balka” GOK

5

  Inguletskiy GOK

6

  Kryvorizhskiy iron ore mill

7

  Novotroitske rudouprovlenie

8

  Dokuchaevskiy flux-dolomite mill

9

  Kryvbasvzryvprom

10

  Nykopol Ferroalloy

11

  Severodonetskoe obyedenenie “Azot”

12

  Zaporizhya Aluminium

13

  Nikolaevskiy aluminous

14

  “Lukor”

15

  “Rosava”

16

  Chernomorskiy shipyard

17

  Galichina refinery

18

  Rivneazot

19

  Dnepropetrovskiy steel mill (Dzerzhinskogo)

20

  “Oranta” insurance company

21

  Nikopol Yuznotrubniy

22

  “Chistye metaly”

23

  Azovmash

24

  Hersonskiy shipyard

25

  Rubezhanskiy paper plant

26

  Hersonskiy cotton plant

27

  Ukrpapirprom

28

  Irshanskiy GOK

29

  Vilnogirskiy GOK

*This list was released yesterday by Ukraine?s Presidential Secretariat