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Testimony of the former head of the supervisory board contradicts Pyschnyi's statements.
A search at the National Bank of Ukraine, conducted by investigators from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), may indicate that Vasyl Veselyi, an advisor to the head of the supervisory board of state bank Sense Bank, visited the NBU more often than twice, as was stated by the regulator's head Andriy Pyschnyi, notably in an interview with ZN.UA.
This is written by Yuliia Samaieva, editor of the economics section, in the article “Friends and Foes of Andriy Pyschnyi.”
“It is hard not to notice the persistence with which Andriy Pyschnyi distances himself from Veselyi. Almost like from Yermak. Yet the elephant did not leave the room with empty space after the former head of Sense Bank's supervisory board, Shevki Adzhuner, told the parliamentary temporary commission that Vasyl Veselyi personally was introduced to him by Andriy Pyschnyi as a person who ‘was to establish communications between the supervisory board and stakeholders.’ This directly contradicted the answers of Pyschnyi himself to that same temporary investigative committee,” notes the author.
At the same time, the NBU insists that there were no ‘recommendations’ of any kind. From the minutes of the investigative committee meetings it became known that it was Shevki Adzhuner who put forward to the bank's nominating committee a proposal to appoint Vasyl Veselyi as adviser to the bank's supervisory board, proposed to set his remuneration at 230 thousand UAH per month (during discussions the amount was reduced to 150 thousand UAH) and, along with everyone, voted for the appointment.
However, in this dubious story, Mr. Adzhuner is just as unreliable a narrator as all the other participants. For example, his current version of the appointment of Oleksii Stupak as head of Sense’s management also significantly differs from his own statements in the meeting minutes.
“On the other hand, what other choice? They said to take it, I did everything to get it. The important thing is: Vasyl Veselyi is a man with no experience in either communications or business, even less in banking, who practically opened every door in the state with his foot. Someone must have 'recommended' him, and presumably someone 'heavier' than Andriy Pyschnyi,” the author emphasizes.
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