Security services search the home of one of Ukraine's most-prominent billionaires — who was once seen as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's sponsor — in what authorities are calling a wartime anti-corruption purge.
abc.net.au/news/ukraine-raids-home-of-billionaire-in-anti-corruption-crackdown/101920162Security services have searched the home of one of Ukraine's most-prominent billionaires, moving against a figure once seen as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's sponsor in what the authorities called a wartime anti-corruption purge.
The action — which came days before a summit with the European Union — appears to reflect determination by Kyiv to demonstrate that it can be a steward of billions of dollars in Western aid and shed its reputation as one of the world's most-corrupt states. The SBU said it had uncovered the embezzlement of more than $1 billion at Ukraine's biggest oil company, Ukrnafta, and its biggest refiner, Ukrtatnafta.
Mr Zelenskyy — who first came to fame as the star of a sitcom on Mr Kolomoiskiy's TV station — has long-promised to rid Ukraine of so-called oligarchs, but had faced accusations that he was unable to move decisively against his former sponsor.
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