About this write Ukrainian "Vesti" with reference to a source familiar with the situation.
“It is possible to defend oneself from criminal cases that are already being investigated and will be initiated only by accusing their opponents of political persecution. A good way out, not new for Ukrainian politics. But the former head of the NBU will be a little bit harder to do it. According to our source, Gontareva may have problems with obtaining refugee status, since the legality of her current status in the UK has already been questioned, ”the article says.
In April, Gontareva said she did not intend to come to the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine for an interrogation of the case, which is run by businessman Sergey Kurchenko. She based her decision on the fact that she currently lives and works in London.