Ukrainian Bank Chief Dismissed, Put Under House Arrest After Scuffle With Journalists

Ukrainian Bank Chief Dismissed, Put Under House Arrest After Scuffle With Journalists
Yevgen Metsger, Chairman of the Management Board of the Ukreximbank, speaks during an interview in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 19, 2021. Yevhen Kotenko/Reuters
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KYIV—Ukraine’s third-largest bank dismissed its chairman on Monday after a Kyiv court ordered him to be put under house arrest while police investigate a scuffle with journalists in his office.

Last week, police and prosecutors launched an investigation after the news outlet Radio Liberty said staff at the state-run Ukreximbank attacked a team of its journalists who were investigating the bank’s lending practices.