Contents tagged with Victor Pinchuk

  • Russia starts investigation into Ukrainian oligarch’s company

    The Russian FSB is conducting searches regarding a case of fraud on an especially large scale, the primary subject of it being the Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk, Rosbalt news web site reports.

    As Rosbalt reports with reference to a source in the law enforcement authorities, searches have been carried out at a number of former managers of the insurance company “Rossiya”, at the offices of firms related to this company, and also at the major legal office which represents the insurers’ …

  • Kyiv responds to Ukrainian oligarch’s suggestion to compromise with Russia

    One of the richest and most influential Ukrainians, oligarch Victor Pinchuk, published an article in the Wall Street Journal in which he suggested that Ukrainians have to “make painful compromises for peace with Russia” .

    What are these “painful” compromises?

    Pinchuk acknowledges that Ukraine should be able to choose its future, and Russia has to fulfill its obligations under the Minsk agreements ensuring the ceasefire and the withdrawal of its troops from the Donbas.

    “But this can be part …