People familiar said President Zelenskiy has grown increasingly unhappy with
central bank governor Andrii Pyshnyi, viewing him as too close to the IMF and
insufficiently supportive of the wartime economy. The IMF attached an unpopular
set of conditions to loans to Kyiv, which has intensified the president’s ire
and made Pyshnyi a focal point. Sources said Zelenskiy does not currently plan
to remove Pyshnyi and sees no clear successor. The tension dates to last winter,
when the IMF approved an $8.1 billion programme that required key commitments,
including tax increases that drew sharp criticism from MPs and the public.
