OREANDA-NEWS. March 11, 2008. Two million depositors of the Soviet Savings Bank (Sberbank) who registered after the sixth million will be able to spend their compensations on payment for the future housing and public utility services. Also, twelve million depositors will be able to buy household equipment to the tune of UAH 1,000. It is planned that equipment will be purchased with receipts issued by banks, according to Oschadbank board chairman Anatolii Hulei.

As he noted, all the measures are planned for 2008, though even approximate fulfillment terms are still unknown. The second stage will start as soon as UAH 6 billion foreseen in 2008 national budget is paid out to the depositors.

According to Oschadbank, 5.147 million depositors were on the register as of March 4.