Meaning of Bankova | Babel Free

Definitions

The presidential administration of Ukraine.

often, synecdoche

Examples

“The burst of optimism in December 1999 that followed the confirmation of Viktor Yushchenko as prime minister died out in 2000, when Kuchma and the Presidential Administration at Bankova did not support Yushchenko and his reform program with the Rada. In 2001, Bankova abandoned Yushchenko comletely, letting the Rada vote him out of power.”

“[p 55] There were no doubts in authenticity of Melnychenko’s recordings, which was mainly corroborated by the panic that reigned in Bankova Street after Moroz’s press conference. In the evening, I was told that Yulia Mostovaya and Slava Pihovshek had visited the presidential administration. The leading Ukrainian journalists were usual guests on Bankova Street and personally communicated with all participants of Melnychenko’s tapes. [p 146] When meeting Melnychenko in the Bankova corridors, Marchuk would divert his eyes elsewhere.”

“Meanwhile, having swallowed the bait, the opposition got involved in the game offered by the Bankova Street.”

CEFR level