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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development backed Volodymyr Lavrenchuk on April 27, the head of Raiffeisen’s (RBIV.VI) Ukrainian unit, to take over the country’s central bank and pursue reform.

Former central bank governor Valeria Gontareva resigned earlier this month, depriving the country of a tough reformer.

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