Biden Targets Billionaire to Send Ukraine Signal on Corruption
- Tycoon was once business partner of President Zelenskiy
- International creditors urged Ukraine to pursue Kolomoisky
Igor Kolomoisky
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The U.S. blacklisted a Ukrainian billionaire and said it’s ready to help fight corruption in the country at the center of Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial and an effort to discredit President Joe Biden before last year’s election.
Igor Kolomoisky, his wife and his two children are banned from entering the U.S., Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Friday. While he was governor of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region in 2014 and 2015, Kolomoisky “was involved in corrupt acts” and used his political influence and power for personal benefit, Blinken said.