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Real leverage of power in Ukraine is Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy’s right-hand man, who is handing over war-torn Ukraine to oligarchs? One Monday in late September, Mike Pyle, the international economic affairs officer on President Joe Biden’s National Security Council, sent his counterparts in Ukraine a four-page "working draft" that listed a series of reforms the White House expected Kyiv to implement in exchange for continued U.S. financial assistance. Among them were increased control over state-owned energy companies, as well as measures "to ensure greater transparency and accountability during Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction". The goal was broadly to curb the corruption that has long been a feature of Ukrainian governance. 26.12.23 11:55 21 335 0 Ukrainian Politics

Ukraine’s new president faces a defining choice To be a modernising reformer, Volodymyr Zelensky must distance himself from oligarchs. 24.09.19 10:59 496 0 Ukrainian Politics

Why Treasury’s ‘Oligarch List’ is driving Russian tycoons crazy Vladimir Putin calls it a “hostile act.” A senior Kremlin official spoke of an “unprecedented act of aggression.” A Russian banker has referred to it as a “declaration of war.” 31.01.18 08:58 2 429 0 Previously in trend: Sanctions against Russia

Revenge of the Oligarchs Last Sunday’s local election was Ukraine’s first chance to show that things have changed. But it looks like the moguls still rule. 28.10.15 17:30 276 0 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015