“Businessman Igor Kolomoisky and an exputate from the prohibited APPC Viktor Medvedchuk are legally under the sanctions of the NSDC, because they are not citizens of Ukraine at present, the fifth president, MP and European Solidarity leader, says Petro Poroshenko.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Poroshenko in an interview with “Ukrainian Truth”
Direct Language: “Legally, Mr. Kolomoisky is now a foreigner, so there are no restrictions on the application of sanctions against him. Just as Medvedchuk, which is absolutely legitimately legally applied for the third time.
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Prehistory:
- On February 13, President Zelensky approved the NSDC decision of February 12 on the imposition of sanctions against businessman Igor Kolomoisky, billionaire Konstantin Zhevago, former co-owner of Privatbank, Gennady Bogolyubov, 5th President of Ukraine, People’s Deputy of the European Solidarity Viktor Medvedchuk State State Administration.
- Zelensky later stated that these sanctions were directed against people who, during the war, since 2014 “washed” money and “withdrew billions of hryvnias”. He also added that if the funds are returned to the budget of Ukraine, sanctions from these persons will be removed.
- Petro Poroshenko’s lawyers plan to challenge the decisions against him in the courts.
- On January 10, 2023, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stopped citizenship of Viktor Medvedchuk. At the same time, the NSDC decision stated that Medvedchuk is a citizen of Ukraine. It is known that Medvedchuk appealed Zelensky’s decision to deprive citizenship.
- According to media, Kolomoisky stopped Ukrainian citizenship in July 2022. In 2014, he confessed that he also had passports of Israel and Cyprus.