The Board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has claimed the focused several-weeks-lasting attack on the regulator in the form of hit pieces and libel in the media, paid protests near the building of the NBU and even attempts of forced entry into the central bank.
“We believe that this pressure on the National Bank is exerted by the oligarch and ex-owner of PrivatBank Ihor Kolomoisky, who owes $5.5 billion withdrawn from PrivatBank before nationalization to the state,” the Board said on the NBU website on Wednesday.
“At the same time, the state – the president, the government, the National Bank – have taken the common position that funds should be returned,” the board said.
