KIEV, Nov. 1 - Commercial bank deposits in Ukraine have exceeded the pre-crisis level, a sign of reviving confidence in the banking sector, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

“We revived the economy, and during that time the population deposits have increased by about 4 billion per month. That means one billion weekly. That amount of money people returned to banks, and now we have reached the pre-crisis level of 2007. This is a great achievement of the government,” Azarov said in an interview with Inter television.