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In 2021 the [[US]] banned [[oligarch]] Igor Kolomoisky and his family from entering the country due to "significant corruption", with [[US Secretary of State]] [[Antony Blinken]] claiming that he was "involved in corrupt acts that undermined rule of law and the [[Ukrainian]] public's faith in their government's democratic institutions and public processes, including using his political influence and official power for his personal benefit" and that he "poses a serious threat to the future of [[Ukraine]]."<ref>''[https://www.state.gov/public-designation-of-oligarch-and-former-ukrainian-public-official-ihor-kolomoyskyy-due-to-involvement-in-significant-corruption/ "Public Designation of Oligarch and Former Ukrainian Public Official Ihor Kolomoyskyy Due to Involvement in Significant Corruption"]''</ref> | In 2021 the [[US]] banned [[oligarch]] Igor Kolomoisky and his family from entering the country due to "significant corruption", with [[US Secretary of State]] [[Antony Blinken]] claiming that he was "involved in corrupt acts that undermined rule of law and the [[Ukrainian]] public's faith in their government's democratic institutions and public processes, including using his political influence and official power for his personal benefit" and that he "poses a serious threat to the future of [[Ukraine]]."<ref>''[https://www.state.gov/public-designation-of-oligarch-and-former-ukrainian-public-official-ihor-kolomoyskyy-due-to-involvement-in-significant-corruption/ "Public Designation of Oligarch and Former Ukrainian Public Official Ihor Kolomoyskyy Due to Involvement in Significant Corruption"]''</ref> | ||
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| + | [[President Zelensky]] stripped Kolomoisky of his [[Ukrainian]] citizenship by presidential decree in July 2022.<ref>''[https://twitter.com/BlueDogEyes1/status/1552226577999708160 "President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky revoked the citizenship of his main sponsor, oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, in order to prove his loyalty to US President Joseph Biden"]''</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:35, 27 July 2022
 Igor Kolomoisky    (billionaire, oligarch) | |
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| Born | 13 February 1963 Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Ukraine, Israel, Cyprus |
| Interest of | Gonzalo Lira |
| Subpage | •Igor Kolomoisky/Threat |
Igor Kolomoisky is a Ukrainian–Israeli–Cypriot billionaire, businessman, and politician, the former Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[1]
Igor Kolomoisky is rated as the second or third richest person in Ukraine (after Rinat Akhmetov and/or Viktor Pinchuk), his net worth estimated at $1.3 billion in March 2015. Kolomoisky is the leading partner of Privat Group, which controls thousands of companies of virtually every industry in Ukraine, the European Union, Georgia, Ghana, Russia, the United States and other countries. He has a 24.9% stake in 1+1 Media Group.[2]
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US ban
In 2021 the US banned oligarch Igor Kolomoisky and his family from entering the country due to "significant corruption", with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken claiming that he was "involved in corrupt acts that undermined rule of law and the Ukrainian public's faith in their government's democratic institutions and public processes, including using his political influence and official power for his personal benefit" and that he "poses a serious threat to the future of Ukraine."[3]
President Zelensky stripped Kolomoisky of his Ukrainian citizenship by presidential decree in July 2022.[4]
MH-17
Kolomoisky was either directly involved or knew the true circumstances around the crash of flight MH-17.
| Sorry about the MH-17 – but it is a trifle |
Dneprostroi Dam
- Full article: Igor Kolomoisky/Threat
- Full article: Igor Kolomoisky/Threat
In 2014,Kolomoisky, who controls much of the South East of Ukraine with his privately-financed Azov Battalion, threatened to blow up the huge Dneprostroi Dam if Novorossian armed forces (NAF) enter Zaporizhzhia on the Eastern bank of the Dnieper river:
References
- ↑ "L'oligarque 'genevois' qui défie Poutine"
- ↑ "Ownership of 1+1 Media Group"
- ↑ "Public Designation of Oligarch and Former Ukrainian Public Official Ihor Kolomoyskyy Due to Involvement in Significant Corruption"
- ↑ "President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky revoked the citizenship of his main sponsor, oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, in order to prove his loyalty to US President Joseph Biden"
