Poroshenko works to ease potential gov’t tensions
Ukraine’s Pres. Petro Poroshenko (L) with Dnipropetrovsk Gov. Ihor Kolomoysky. AP Photo/Mikhail Palinchak, Presidential Press Service
BY PETER LEONARD
The Associated Press
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s president acted to quell a potential source of fresh political unrest Wednesday by dismissing the truculent billionaire governor of a region neighboring areas where fighting is still taking place between government and separatist forces.
The confrontation between oil and banking tycoon Ihor Kolomoysky and the authorities has highlighted the struggle Ukraine will face in diluting the influence of super-rich businessmen in public life.
President Petro Poroshenko’s office said in a statement that Kolomoysky …read more
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