U.S. sanctions Ukrainian oligarch with ties to Cleveland commercial real estate
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The United States has imposed sanctions against billionaire Igor Kolomoisky, who is the subject of a money-laundering probe related to the near-collpase of PrivatBank, Ukraine s largest lender.
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 United States, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Friday, March 5. 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.
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