Why is Fridman still in "Kyivstar," and can Ukraine remove him following lifting of EU sanctions? On September 22, the EU did what Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Kyrylo Budanov had publicly warned Europe against: it removed Mikhail Fridman from its sanctions list. At the same time, his indirect economic interest in Kyivstar Group remains at around 16.9%, while the combined interest of Fridman, Petr Aven and Andrey Kosogov stands at around 43.4%. 105 0