Petro Poroshenko, the oligarch president of Ukraine
Petro Poroshenko is not only the president of Ukraine but also one of the main oligarchs of the country.…
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Ukrainian oligarchs
Blood coal: oligarchs, terrorists and POW labor in Russo-Ukrainian war
Ukraine’s Security Services (SBU) revealed one of numerous schemes by which the so-called republic's leaders receive money from…
Viktor Pinchuk wants Ukraine to capitulate to Russia
Oligarch Viktor Pinchuk presented Ukrainians with a New Years gift by revealing his inner thoughts about the Donbas…
Western media happy to whitewash Ukraine’s corrupt old guard
We have previously written about Ukrainian oligarchs who have a tremendous influence on the Ukrainian media landscape. However,…
Ukraine makes progress in media freedom, but oligarchs still run the show
During the last 3 years, Ukraine has made big progress in media freedom, despite the war. The Reporters…
Nationalization of PrivatBank, Ukraine’s largest bank, explained
Do you keep seeing “PrivatBank” in news reports about Ukraine? During the night of 19-20 December, Ukraine’s largest…
Inside the booming smuggling business in the Donbas
The key players in the Donbas’ booming smuggling business are politicians, oligarchs, and the criminal underworld. Coal, gold,…
New law may be the end of oligarch-controlled politics in Ukraine | #UAreforms
On 1 July 2016, the Law on Prevention and Counteraction to Political Corruption (2123a) came in force. Many believe…
What the murdered Ukrainian-Belarusian journalist Sheremet stood for
On 20 July 2016, shocking news about killing the prominent journalist Pavel Sheremet shook Ukraine. The incident happened…
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada: an oligarchs’ club or a real parliament?
The debating chamber of the Ukrainian parliament, with its glass dome and Soviet-era frescoes on the ceiling, is…
Oligarchs: good old buddies who own Ukraine | #UAreforms
An analysis by Novoye Vremya journalist Kristina Berdynskykh found that the oligarch Dmytro Firtash had political representatives in…
Dutch referendum: Deputy Nayem speaks vehemently about President Poroshenko
On his Facebook page, Mustafa Nayem, Deputy from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc declared that the outcome of the…
Energy Corruption in Ukraine: Causes and Cures
Energy corruption in Ukraine has been an ongoing problem ever since the country’s independence from the USSR in…
Hände hoch, Herr Putin!
As reported by Ukrainska Pravda, the foreign ministers of four German-speaking countries - Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria and Germany…
Sunset and/or sunrise of the Ukrainian oligarchs after the Euromaidan revolution?
One year after Viktor Yanukovych was ousted, his methods remain firmly entrenched in the reality of Ukrainian life.…
Immunity to censure
Vitaliy Dudin, for the competition “Stop censure! Citizens for free states” When shots are heard, the provision of…
Russia seizes oligarch assets in Crimea
On April 11, the so-called parliament of the Crimean Republic created the state enterprise "Krymenergo," which will manage…
The Battle for Donetsk is on March 16. Why is Akhmetov Doing THIS?
The eyes of the whole world are on Crimea, where on March 16th the Russians are conducting a referendum.…
Ukrainian oligarchs and businessmen speak in support of Ukrainian unity as Russia commences invasion of Crimea
As Euromaidan sent Yanukovych fleeing into Russia, and Russian troops de-facto began a military intervention in Crimea, Ukrainian…
Firtash discusses Ukraine with British Foreign Affairs Ministry
Dmytro Firtash, head of the Employers Federation of Ukraine (FRU), met with senior representatives of Britain's Ministry of…