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Ukraine’s most influential woman targeted by political opponents
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KYIV – The governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), Valeria Gontareva, is Ukraine’s most influential woman, according to a survey released two weeks ago. Yet she’s also being targeted for dismissal as part of a campaign being led by another powerful Ukrainian woman, opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. The former prime minister joined oligarch Serhiy Taruta, also a national deputy, in attempting on October 17 to register a parliamentary resolution to dismiss Ms. Gontareva and launch a temporary investigative committee related to the National Bank’s failure to return money to depositors in banks that collapsed after the Euro-Maidan, in addition to alleged crimes. “The living standards of people have fallen, 80 banks were destroyed and the interest on business loans has grown to 30 percent. A nuclear bomb to liquidate the economy of our state is practically in her hands,” Ms. Tymoshenko told the Verkhovna Rada the next day.