Viktor Yushchenko and Vladimir Stelmakh

President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko, in the center, and chairman of the National Bank Volodymyr Stelmah, the fourth to the left, during a meeting with bank sphere representatives in Kyiv, on Wednesday, April 15, 2009. During the meeting the President of Ukraine said that hryvnia’s stability is a determinative factor for confidence renewal to the Ukrainian banks. The President noted that the hryvnias rate at interbank currency market remains stable over the recent 45 days. He noted that the carrying out of currency auctions for satisfying of needs of natural persons, having commitments in foreign currency by the National Bank of Ukraine became the positive factor for stabilization of the situation on cash currency market. .Photo by Mikhail Markiv/POOL/UNIAN