NBU board reports attack by the former PrivatBank owner Kolomoisky

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The board of the National Bank of Ukraine [NBU] has stated that an attack on the NBU, which has been going on for several weeks, is being carried out by former PrivatBank owner Ihor Kolomoisky, who owes the state $5.5 billion, Ukrinorm reports.

“A focused attack on the National Bank in the form of ordered speculation and slander in the media, paid rallies outside the NBU building, and even attempts by ‘hired thugs’ to forcibly invade the NBU, has been going on for several weeks. We believe that this pressure on the National Bank is exerted by oligarch and former PrivatBank owner Ihor Kolomoisky, who owes the state $5.5 billion withdrawn from PrivatBank before its nationalization. At the same time, the state – the president, the government, the National Bank – are united in the only position that the funds must be returned,” the NBU said.

The central bank stressed that the purpose of the attack is to create a managed information chaos: so as to discredit the NBU and reform on the cleansing of the banking sector; to change leadership and, in the future, resort to the manual management of the NBU; to avoid liability and the need to repay funds withdrawn from PrivatBank to the state; to interfere with Ukraine’s cooperation with international partners and, above all, the IMF, which supports the state’s position that former owners of bankrupt banks should repay funds to the state.

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