Bankers’ strategy or Bankova’s: Why do state-owned banks need Gulliver? A triumph of creditors over debtors: state-owned banks have seized one of the country’s largest shopping malls, Gulliver, over unpaid debts. At least, that is how it is being presented publicly. Yet behind the façade of victory, less appealing details emerge: rushed registration actions, late-night decisions, and figures from the orbit of the President’s Office. Thus, the main question arises: who is the primary beneficiary of the entire operation? 31 0 Previously in trend: NSDC sanctions