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The head of the NBU said the investigative actions concern other circumstances and persons.
National Bank of Ukraine Chair Andriy Pyshnyi said the criminal proceeding within which NABU detectives conducted searches does not concern either the NBU’s activities or his official duties as head of the regulator. Pyshnyi wrote this on Facebook while commenting on the investigative actions.
“Today NABU detectives carried out searches that the media have already reported on. This is a new experience for me. Investigative actions in a work space require comments not only from the institution. Therefore I consider it necessary to speak personally,” he said.
Pyshnyi explained that the investigation was seeking evidence in a case related to other circumstances and persons.
“The criminal proceeding within which investigative actions were carried out does not concern either the activities of the National Bank of Ukraine or my official activities as its Chair. The investigation was seeking evidence in a case related to other circumstances and persons,” Pyshnyi said.
At the same time he did not specify which persons or circumstances are involved.
According to the NBU head, nothing was found during the searches that could indicate the commission of offenses by him or by other National Bank employees.
“As a result of the searches nothing was found that could indicate that I or any of the NBU’s officials committed any offenses,” Pyshnyi said.
He also emphasized that he respects the work of NABU and the SAP, supports the independence of anti-corruption bodies, and is ready to fully cooperate with the investigation within the law.
At the same time the NBU head separately stressed the importance of the National Bank’s own independence, especially during wartime.
“The independence of state institutions implies not only freedom from external influence, but also mutual respect, responsibility, and strict adherence to the law,” he wrote.
The head of the National Bank also said he does not plan to respond publicly to the various versions about the reasons for the searches.
“I do not intend to enter into a public discussion with the authors of assumptions and conspiracy theories who have already published their distorted view of events. I am convinced that all issues must be resolved exclusively in the legal sphere,” Pyshnyi said.
He separately emphasized that he continues to perform the duties of Chair of the National Bank.
In the morning of 21 October it became known that NABU and the SAP had conducted searches at the National Bank. Later NABU confirmed this information but noted that no one had yet been notified of suspicion.
Recall that in September the former chair of the supervisory board of Sens Bank, Shevki Adjuner, reported that Pyshnyi allegedly personally introduced him to Vasyl Vesely as a person who “was to establish communications between the supervisory board and stakeholders.” Pyshnyi later denied that he had recommended appointing Vesely as an advisor to the supervisory board of the state-owned Sens Bank.
Former advisor to the chair of the supervisory board of Sens Bank Vasyl Vesely, in particular, appears on the so-called Mindich tapes, where he and Oleksandr Tsukerman discussed appointing “their” people to the new composition of Sens Bank’s supervisory board.
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