The Ukrainian government’s well-executed showdown in March 2015 to rein in the country’s wealthiest oligarch is the first of many battles with the oligarchs that lie ahead. In the battle with the oligarchs, Poroshenko—the owner of Roshen Confectionery Corporation and an oligarch himself—is uniquely positioned to fight. The President and his reform-minded Parliament will need all the help they can get when they face their likely next opponents: Rinat Akhmetov and Dmitro Firtash. …read more
Source: Atlantic Council