Alexander Bondar, German Tkachenko, Viktor Yushchenko and Ivan Aboimov

Alexander Bondar, left, the Chairman of the Ukrainian State Property Fund shakes hands with German Tkachenko, the President of the "Ukrainskyi Alyuminiy" (Ukrainian Alumna) Company after they had signed the purchase and sale treaty of the 30% of the "Nikolaevskyi glinozemnyi zavod" (Nikolaev-based Alumna Plant - NAP) shares, on Thursday, March 30, 2000, in Kyiv. Background from the right to the left: Viktor Yushchenko, the Ukrainian Prime-Minister, Ivan Aboimov, the Russian ambassador in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Alumna (UA)became the winner in the contest NAP's 30% sale. The UA proposed the highest price for the share holding - Hr 547.2 millions and undertook fulfillment of all the fixed contest conditions. The authorized capital of the UA exceeds $120 millions, the 25% of the aforesaid amount is the property of Ukrainian residents: "Ukrainian Metallurgic Company" and Ukrsibbank", the rest part - to non-residents, who take part in the realization of the "Siberian alumna" Group's projects on the Ukrainian territory. Photo by Victor Pobedinskyi/ UNIAN