Valeria Gontareva, the former National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) governor, in July 2019. Gontareva is facing off against the Service Secret of Ukraine (SBU) over an interview she gave on July 6, criticizing the government’s pressure on former NBU governor Yakiv Smolii, that allegedly led to the latter’s resignation on July 3.
Former governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeria Gontareva called out the Secret Service of Ukraine on July 8.
Earlier that day, the state law enforcement agency — known as the SBU — wrote on Facebook that her call to freeze international help over the controversial resignation of her successor, former NBU governor Yakiv Smolii, was “inadmissible.”