It is indicated that for several weeks the National Bank “continued a focused attack”, including slander in the media, “paid rallies” and “even attempts to forcefully invade” its building.
“We believe that this pressure on the National Bank is carried out by the oligarch and ex-owner of Privatbank Igor Kolomoisky, who owed the state $ 5.5 billion withdrawn from Privatbank before nationalization,” the National Bank said.
The Ukrainian Central Bank believes that Kolomoisky’s goal is “to avoid liability and the need to return funds withdrawn from Privatbank to the state”. The report also says that the entrepreneur allegedly intends to interfere with the cooperation of Ukraine with the International Monetary Fund, which supports the position of Kiev.
Earlier, Prime Minister of Ukraine Aleksey Goncharuk said that the process of collecting funds from the former shareholders of PrivatBank is ongoing.