The central bank warns of “psychological and physical pressure” against its former governor, Valeria Gontareva.

The central bank warns of “psychological and physical pressure” against its former governor, Valeria Gontareva. The bank cites a hit and run accident in central London last week that hospitalized Gontareva and the Wednesday night firebombing in Kyiv of a car registered in her daughter-in-law’s name, also Valeria Gontareva. The bank calls on authorities “to safeguard the life and health” of Gontareva, adding that it sees “a real threat to the personal safety of those NBU officials who have implemented and continue to implement financial sector reforms.” In the past, Gontareva, now a research fellow at the London School of Economics, has accused Ihor Kolomoisky of waging a vendetta against her for leading the nationalization of his bankrupt bank, PrivatBank, in 2016.