Ukraine leader fires billionaire as governor
Ukraine’s president has fired oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky as governor of a key region in the east. |||
Kiev – Ukraine’s president has fired billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky as governor of a key region in the east, the presidential website said on Wednesday, after armed men that lawmakers said were linked to the oligarch raided a state-owned oil firm. Kolomoisky has been at the centre of a political storm since the masked men briefly entered the offices of UkrTransNafta on Thursday night after its director, his ally, was summarily replaced. As governor of Dnipropetrovsk, Kolomoisky, a banking, energy …read more
Source: Independent Online
