Kyiv, 21 October. Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) are carrying out investigative actions at addresses linked to National Bank of Ukraine governor Andriy Pyshnyy, Ukrainska Pravda reports citing sources, as does Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko.
Pyshnyy has headed the National Bank since October 2022. In which case the searches are being carried out has not been specified; TASS reports the same information citing Honcharenko.
NABU and SAP are Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies, created in 2014–2015 with the support of Western partners; they investigate cases against senior officials.
What it means: Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies have come with searches to the head of the country's central bank, but the subject of the investigation has not yet been disclosed.
Who benefits: For the National Bank and Ukraine's financial market the searches are a source of uncertainty until the subject of the investigation is disclosed; what conclusions follow will become clear after official statements by NABU and SAP.
Background: Pyshnyy became governor of the National Bank of Ukraine in October 2022 after Kyrylo Shevchenko resigned.
List of sources used: RBC, TASS
Artificial intelligence was used in preparing this material.
