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Ukraine, tycoon-governor of Dnipropetrovsk resigns

Kolomoisky steps down after armed blitz into Ukrnafta

25 March, 16:51
(ANSA) - MOSCOW - Ihor Kolomoisky, powerful tycoon and governor of the eastern Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk, has resigned in the midst of a power struggle of oligarchic and political nature with President Petro Poroshenko. The resignation arrived after Poroshenko's ultimatum following a blitz of alleged Kolomoisky's gunmen who had surrounded the headquarters of Ukrnafta, one of the country's major oil companies. The blitz happened following the attempt by the state to regain control over the company administered by the oligarch, who only owns a 42% company share, while the Government controls its majority. (ANSA).

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