The former Minister of Finance of Germany, peer Steinbrueck doubted whether he should be an Advisor to the Agency for the modernisation of Ukraine, the German magazine writes. The organization, created by Ukrainian oligarchs Dmitry Virtusa, Viktor Pinchuk and Rinat Akhmetov, is planning to consult Kyiv and to convince foreign investors to invest in the Ukrainian economy. To be safe, the oligarchs are going to do with Germany "guarantee Fund" in the amount of five hundred million dollars.

The former Minister of Finance decided to take a small pause after the first days of the Agency's work. Peer Steinbrueck After lots of deliberations and discussions at my new job I realized that there is no shortage of ideas." in Ukraine there is a critical lack of implementation of existing proposals, " said the German official, implying that a range of activities such advisers as he may be Assigned incorrectly.

The questions raised and financing institutions. The Agency modernization of Ukraine was created by Ukrainian oligarchs. However, these same oligarchs are able to exert pressure on advisers, in which case the senior advisers, as Steinbrueck, will be ready to retire.
Spiegel emphasizes that the Former defense Minister of Germany Rupert Scholz has not wanted from the EA operation of the Agency. The magazine writes that his decision could be due to the fact that Dmitry Firtash, who actively funds the Agency, wanted by the FBI on charges of bribery.

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