Before the start of the war, Kolomojskyj was considered one of the most powerful super-rich.
(Photo: Reuters)
Berlin The longer the war lasts, the more Ukraine’s oligarchs disappear from the radar of public attention. From the beginning of the 1990s until the outbreak of the war, they formed the core of the political system.
But for a year now the country has had to fight a deadly threat – and it doesn’t come from the super-rich of their own country. These are currently busy trying to save themselves and their assets. This can be shown in four cases.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy cannot take his eyes off the oligarchs. He knows that if he wants to anchor Ukraine in Western institutions, then he must simultaneously fight against Russian aggression and against the oligarchs at home. This is obviously also the aim of the signal that he gave before the recent joint summit with the European Union.
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