Markets and investors largely welcomed the Rada’s approval yesterday morning of a new head of the central bank.

Markets and investors largely welcomed the Rada’s approval yesterday morning of a new head of the central bank. In rapid fire sequence, Kyrylo Shevchenko, head of state-owned Ukrgasbank, first won approval of the Finance Committee, and then the full parliament – all before lunch. Shevchenko won the approval with 332 votes, far above the needed 226. Most Voice and European Solidarity deputies abstained.