Round table on the topic: “International cooperation on the implementation of frozen Russian assets for the benefit of Ukraine”

09.08.2023

Round table on the topic: “International cooperation on the implementation of frozen Russian assets for the benefit of Ukraine”

On August 16 at 11:00 a.m., a round table will be held on the topic: "International cooperation on the sale of frozen Russian assets for the benefit of Ukraine. Legal or political decision?".

Organizers: International Charitable Foundation "Ukrainian Revival of the 21st Century", Kyiv Region Bar Council, member of the Crowe Global international auditing network, Kyiv National University of Economics named after Vadim Hetman, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany), Ukrainian Research Institute of Special Equipment and Forensic Examinations of the Security Service of Ukraine, Kyiv Research Institute of Forensic Examinations of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Institute of State and Law named after V.M. Koretsky of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Participants: Iryna Ivanets – Doctor of Economics, Associate Professor of the Department of Institutional Economics of Marburg University, Associate Professor of the Department of Corporate Finance and Controlling of KNEU; Olga Stupak – judge of the Civil Court of Cassation as part of the Supreme Court; Martyna Bohuslavets – executive director of the Institute of Legislative Ideas, Institute of State and Law named after V. M. Koretsky; Mykola Marchenko – candidate of legal sciences, executive director of the Fund for Institutional Development of Ukrainian Science, Institute of State and Law named after V.M. Koretsky of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Olena Potopalska – managing partner of AC Crowe Ukraine, CEO, Risks, Consulting, auditor; Hnat Kucherin – founder of the legal company "Law Consulting", Vilnius (Republic of Lithuania); Mykhailo Polyennikov – Ph.D. in Economics, leading forensic expert of the economic research laboratory of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise.

Moderator: Yevgenia Vakulenko – Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Department of Corporate Finance and Controlling, Deputy Chairman of the RAKO Scientific and Practical Council, Chairman of the RAKO Committee, Chairman of the International Charitable Foundation "Ukrainian Revival of the 21st Century", lawyer, auditor.

The purpose of the event is to discuss possible ways of bringing the aggressor to justice, international cooperation and implementation experience in various jurisdictions.

Topics for discussion:

  • Creating a new secure environment
  • Practical steps of Ukraine's partners (proposal of Swiss banks, Graham-Weighthouse amendment, amendments to Canadian legislation).
  • International cooperation in the search for Russian assets. Use of information from open sources.
  • Sources and mechanisms of compensation for damages caused by military aggression of the Russian Federation.
  • Experience of legalization of decisions of Ukrainian courts in various jurisdictions.
  • Assessment of the evidence base regarding the size and scope of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation.

For reference. At the end of the event, the theses of the speakers will be published in a collection. It will be published on the website and published with the technical and informational support of the NGO "European Scientific Platform" (Ukraine).

Event format – offline (Hall 2)

Journalists will be able to ask questions offline (Hall 2).

Journalists are requested to arrive half an hour before the event.

Accreditation of representatives of ZM I: anna@ukrinform.com

The event will be broadcast on the Ukrinform website and YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UkrinformTV

Address of Ukrinform: Kyiv, str. Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, 8/16.

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