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Ukrainian president reconsidering on ban on gambling
May 26, 2009, 9:27 am (2 years ago)Last week’s demonstrations by gambling operators protesting the one-sided legislative prohibition on gambling in the Ukraine apparently had the satisfactory result; with President Viktor Yuschenko intervene to cool the circumstances.
According to news agency reports, the bill is not yet turned into law by the president, and before doing so he has taken on to talk about the issue more with representatives from the gambling business. And the president indicated new hope to gambling executives by expressing to the prohibition as “temporary” in assuring to promote the industry’s suggestions back to parliament for advanced consideration.
“I have 4 days to take a conclusion,” Yuschenko stated. He also said that the legislation issued last week by the Verkhovna Rada was for populist.
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