Serhiy Tihipko has decided to resign from the post of Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine. \n \nHe announced this on Monday at a press conference in Kyiv. \n \nTihipko said he had decided to devote himself entirely to political activity. \n \nHe thanked the bank employees with whom he cooperated during his work in his position for their cooperation. \n \nTihipko emphasized that combining positions at such a tense time is not possible. \n \nAt the same time, he announced that he would leave the post of head of Yanukovych's election headquarters. \n \n"I am not staying on as head of the headquarters. I can say that we have practically fulfilled our function when the voting was held… Yanukovych must further make decisions both as acting prime minister and as a politician," said Tihipko. \n \nHe also criticized the decision of the All-Ukrainian congress of people's deputies and local council deputies in Sievierodonetsk and emphasized that he considers separatist sentiments in some regions to be "madness." \n \n"As for the decision of the congress (in Sievierodonetsk), I will certainly not submit to any decision of this congress, and I will do everything so that we get past this issue in the near future," Tihipko noted. \n \nHe emphasized that "those people who advised Yanukovych to support or declare support for the congress's decisions did him a 'bad service.'" \n\nHowever, Tihipko emphasized that there is no need to look for "enemies of the people" now. "Instead, we need to listen to the problems of at least two regions of Ukraine and try to solve them," he stressed. \n \nTihipko noted that YANUKOVYCH's headquarters has in fact already ceased its work. \n \nAccording to him, after the elections he was asked to work at Yanukovych's headquarters for one more week and he did so. \n \nUNIAN \n