Telegraph about Kolomoisky: "tycoon who financed the war in Ukraine "
Dismissal Igor Kolomoisky with the head of the Dnipropetrovsk region will not convince Ukrainians that the power of the oligarchs in the country is nearing its end, writes the British magazine.
Dismissal Igor Kolomoisky with the head of the Dnipropetrovsk region will not convince Ukrainians that the power of the oligarchs in the country is nearing its end, writes the British magazine.
the publication States that "the tycoon who financed the war in Ukraine," quickly became the "second most important" representative of the country After President Petro Poroshenko and " the patriot, ready to resort to his wallet to prevent Russian aggression ". The journal emphasizes that Kolomoisky spent millions of dollars on a volunteer battalions, but his soldiers caused discontent of the people, and Poroshenko time sensed this moment." None of the head will not become a military power of his pocket "- quoted by Telegraph message, noting that in this context there is an important question: "and in truth whether Ukraine can relinquish power selfish oligarchs "?
the journal emphasizes that Kolomoisky is one of the founders of the Bank Privat network and by 2012 had a fortune of $ 3 billion. At the same time Poroshenko Itself has the biggest in the business of making chocolate. A year earlier it was important to attract wealthy entrepreneurs to power so they funded the "struggle for survival" of Ukraine, says the magazine, and the first time it seemed that in Dnepropetrovsk similar plan worked: Kolomoisky purchased tires, batteries for the army of Ukraine and began to finansirovanie volunteer battalions, such As the Dnepr, with about 2,000 soldiers and another thousand in reserve. But now, After the resignation of the head, Kiev says that the campaign was started by cleansing "plutocrats" from the government. As the magazine emphasizes, " the Ukrainians will be suspicious of such statements, because the President did not want promises to sell your own chocolate business."
Poroshenko has sent the head of Dnipropetrovsk regional state administration resigned on 25 March. The relationship between Kolomoisky and the authorities of Ukraine escalated after the Verkhovna Rada on March 19, adopted amendments in the law on joint stock companies, which deprived him of his observations on the company " Ukrnafta ".
After the resignation Kolomoisky a number of media began to describe the situation in Ukraine As an internal power struggle between oligarchs. Himself Poroshenko said in an interview to the ICTV channel on the need "deliveryzetia" of the country.