The Ukrainian Week

10 January	Breaking news	Manafort intended for polling data to go to 2 Ukrainian oligarchs who owed him millions Serhiy Lyovochkin and Rinat Akhmetov, two Ukrainian oligarchs who had paid Paul Manafort for years for his political work in their country, were the intended recipients of the American polling data
15 March, 2017	Economics	Dear Mr. Oligarch Where the claims in favor of continuing coal trade with the occupied parts of Donbas are misleading
23 February, 2017	Economics	The ultimate beneficiary Despite the war and partial occupation of the Donbas, Rinat Akhmetov has preserved his business empire and is increasing output
9 October, 2015	Politics	Clan Wars Why the Dnipropetrovsk clan lost to the Donetsk clan and the chances of a comeback
18 May, 2015	Politics	Akhmetov’s Losing Bet The Donbas master's current clout in politics, economy and war
31 December, 2014	Politics	The Union of Donetsk and the Kremlin Donetsk-born MP Yegor Firsov on his home region: In contrast to most regular citizens, who saw the riots from outside, I knew the process from inside. From the very first days, I clearly understood that there was a guided, controlled rebellion, in which everyone skilfully played the roles designated to them
19 August, 2014	Society	The Comic Wars of Rinat Akhmetov Rinat Akhmetov, Vladimir Putin and Viktor Yanukovych continue to weave plots for Eastern Ukraine, making the rebels with black-and-orange ribbons think that they are dying for a New Russia, not for oligarchic interests
30 June, 2014	Politics	A Heavy Mace for Mr. Poroshenko What the new President should start with to meet expectations of his voters
7 June, 2013	News	Akhmetov and Pinchuk resume their court battle for KryvorizhStal The Commercial Court of Kyiv returned to the case on the first privatization of KryvorizhStal, Forbes.ua reports. As a result of that privatization, Rinat Akhmetov and Viktor Pinchuk became the owners of the biggest steelwork in Ukraine.
6 June, 2013	News	Financial Times: UkrTelecom`s acquisition raises fresh concerns about the concentration of Ukraine’s assets in one man’s hands The acquisition of UkrTelecom from EPIC, an Austrian investment group, by Rinat Akhmetov raises fresh concerns about how much of the nation’s wealth is being concentrated in one man’s hands, writes Financial Times.
5 June, 2013	News	Akhmetov owns UkrTelecom On June 3, SCM holding and EPIC group signed a deal to buy 100% of the Cyprus-based UA Telecominvest Limited that owns 100% of TOV ESU (Ukraine), the owner of 92.79% of PAT UkrTelecom, Ukraine’s monopoly landline telephone operator.
14 April, 2013	World	Offshore Leaks The biggest ever leak of information about the offshore accounts of global companies reveal the dark side of the global economy. The lists also include Ukraine’s richest oligarchs
15 March, 2013	Investigation	Coal Wars The shortsighted policy of the Donbas oligarchs has pushed miners to strike for their rights. Now the crucial questions are: who will lead the battle and whose interests will it promote?