Tag Archives: Anton Kuchukhidze

The Ukraine Gambling Council (UGC) has thrown its hat into the ring regarding the recent sanctions imposed on betting companies by the Ukrainian government, particularly regarding Parimatch LLC. Sharing a statement via the trade association’s LinkedIn, UGC Chair Anton Kuchukhidze stated that sanctioning of illegal firms has a positive purpose for the ‘white market’, and that countering ‘ruscists’ brands’ was an …

The Ukraine Gambling Council (UGC) has stood by national gambling and lotteries regulator KRAIL, whose authority has been attacked by MPs and the media.  Last week, Mikhail Fedorov, Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation, submitted a request to the Verkhovna Rada calling on MPs to support “the liquidation of KRAIL”, stating that the agency had failed in its duties to protect …

Anton Kuchukhidze, Chairman of  the Ukraine Gambling Council (UGC) provides SBC with an update on how a liberalised gambling industry is planning for its future amid the unknown outcomes and consequences of a brutal war…  The war launched by Russia against Ukraine has caused grave damage to the national economy. Commercial activity has declined significantly or minimized in all sectors. …

Anton Kuchukhidze, Chairman of the Ukraine Gambling Council (UGC) has provided an update on Ukrainian gambling developments under the active Russian aggression.   Speaking to CIS markets news sources SBCCIS, Kuchukhidze disclosed that regulator the UGC had re-established its regulatory duties five months following Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. UGC  oversees a marketplace that has been severely disrupted by the …