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KIEV, Ukraine — In the last five years, more than 13,000 people have died in a de facto war between Ukraine and Russia — a fight, many here say, to shake off the shackles of a colonial master and to move closer to the West.
A crucial figure in the effort was a billionaire named Ihor Kolomoisky, who spent millions of dollars to field and equip fighters and helped stop the Russian advance in 2014.
But Mr. Kolomoisky, widely seen as Ukraine’s most powerful figure outside government, given his role as the patron of the recently elected President Volodymyr Zelensky, has experienced a remarkable change of heart: It is time, he said, for Ukraine to give up on the West and turn back toward Russia.
“They’re stronger anyway. We have to improve our relations,” he said, comparing Russia’s power to that of Ukraine. “People want peace, a good life, they don’t want to be at war. And you” — America — “are forcing us to be at war, and not even giving us the money for it.”
His comments appeared to reflect, at least in part, his self-interested frustration that Western diplomats and the International Monetary Fund have been leaning on the president to prevent Mr. Kolomoisky from regaining control of the bank seized from him and a co-owner in 2016 amid allegations of a multibillion-dollar embezzlement.
But whatever his motivations, Mr. Kolomoisky’s geopolitical views matter, because analysts and Western diplomats believe he has extensive sway with the administration of Mr. Zelensky, a comedian whose television shows were carried on Mr. Kolomoisky’s channel.
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The I.M.F. is reportedly holding up financing for Ukraine in part because of concerns that Mr. Zelensky is not doing enough to recover funds that Mr. Kolomoisky is accused of stealing from his Ukrainian bank, Privatbank, which cost the government in Kiev $5.6 billion to bail out in 2016.
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In 2017, Mr. Kolomoisky left Ukraine for Switzerland and Israel after the government under then-President Petro O. Poroshenko seized Privatbank and accused him of a large-scale fraud that threatened to destabilize Ukraine’s economy. He returned this past May after the election of Mr. Zelensky, the comedian whose hit sitcom about a good-at-heart teacher turned president of Ukraine appeared on Mr. Kolomoisky’s television channel.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/…
Published Nov. 13, 2019
- The New York Times (Nov. 13, 2019)pablo28
- what are you implying with this?
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what is this?
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why are you such a fuck?******** - It's a long article. You can read it here: https://www.nytimes.…pablo28
- So this billionaire believed to be "patron" of Zelensky switched sides to Russia after the IMF tried to get them to pass anti-corruption laws.yuekit
- But apparently he is not so powerful since this article is from three years ago, and Ukraine didn't follow his advice.yuekit
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- Perhaps it has reached an agreement with the US. Or the IMF. Who knows.pablo28
- It's all about money and power.pablo28
- I feel sorry for the people of Ukraine who have died and will continue to die in this stupid conflict.pablo28
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- @pablo28 remember this:
what you see now isn't about the money or power it is the revenge of some very troubled but powerful people.******** - if you are really interested, put aside these opinion articles and start looking into the history or the putler and his current officials.********
- *of the putler********
- pablo, you guys in Romania are being spammed with Kremlin's propaganda.pr2