Ihor Kolomoysky

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Cyrillic ( Ukrainian )
Ігор Валерійович Коломойський
Transl. : Іhor Valerіjovič Kolomojsʹkij
Transcr. : Ihor Valeryovich Kolomoysky
Cyrillic ( Russian )
Игорь Валерьевич Коломойский
Transl .: Igorʹ Valerʹevič Kolomojskij
Transcr .: Igor Valeryevich Kolomoisky
Ihor Kolomojskyj (2013)

Ihor Valerijowytsch Kolomojskyj (born February 13, 1963 in Dnipropetrovsk , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian oligarch who was the main shareholder of the nationalized PrivatBank until the end of 2016 and was the governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast from March 2014 to March 2015 .

He has been one of the richest Ukrainians since 2006 . His estimated net worth was $ 3 billion to $ 6.5 billion in 2011 and dropped to around $ 1.2 billion by 2019. In addition to his Ukrainian citizenship, Kolomojskyj has Israeli and Cypriot citizenship, lived mainly in Switzerland from 2000 to 2014 and now in Tel Aviv , Israel.

Life

Kolomoysky graduated from the Metallurgical Institute in Dnipropetrovsk an engineering degree, which he finished in 1985. He is co-founder and co-owner of PrivatBank , which was founded in 1992 and is now the largest bank in Ukraine. The influential private group that controls parts of the steel, oil, chemical, energy and food industries in Ukraine has developed around the bank . Kolomojskyj is also involved in the airline business through PrivatBank and another holding company. Through the private group, he is involved in the Ukrainian airlines Aerosvit Airlines , Dniproavia and Donbassaero . In January 2013, bankruptcy proceedings were initiated against all three airlines. He was also co-owner of the insolvent Danish airline Cimber Sterling since 2012 . In the 2000s he is said to have carried out several hostile takeovers of other companies using his own “quasi-military” units and gained a reputation as a corporate raider . Forbes reported, for example, that Kolomoyskyi hired armed thugs in 2006 to take over a steel factory in Kremenchuk . In order to outdo competitors, he is said to have also influenced the judiciary. In 2013 a London judge expressed “serious doubts” about Kolomoisky's “honesty” during a trial.

Kolomoisky was president of the Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk football club and vice-president of the Ukrainian Football Association . He contributed significantly to the financing of the new construction of the Dnipro Stadium . Kolomojskyj owns shares in several Ukrainian media outlets. Since 2010 he has held a majority stake in the TV group 1 + 1 .

Kolomoyskyj is an active member of his hometown Jewish community. He co-financed the construction of one of the largest Jewish community centers in Eastern Europe, the Menorah Center in Dnepropetrovsk , which opened in 2012 . He donated around 100 million euros for this. In 2011, together with Wadym Rabynowytsch , he founded the pro-Israel, English-language television channel Jewish News One s, as well as the European Jewish Parliament . A ski center he had planned in the Swydivets mountain range met with resistance from ecologists and environmentalists.

Ihor Kolomojskyj is married and has a son and a daughter.

Influence on politics

Kolomojskyj is said to have a significant influence on the political leadership of Ukraine. He was long considered a supporter of the former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko . In the 2010 presidential election , however, he no longer supported her campaign. After Viktor Yanukovych took office , he came under increasing pressure from the Ukrainian authorities and until March 2014 lived mainly in Switzerland and France on Lake Geneva .

Since Kolomojskyj owns the majority in the TV group 1 + 1 , to which Volodymyr Zelenskyj was under contract, it was speculated even before the presidential election campaign in 2019 that Zelenskyj was a " pawn in chess " set by Kolomojskyj . Zelenskyi disagreed with this in an interview and said “I am a completely independent person. I don't want to offend anyone, but no one has yet been born who can guide me. "

Governor of Dnepropetrovsk Oblast

On March 2, 2014 he was appointed governor of his home region, the administration of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast , by Ukrainian interim president Oleksandr Turchynow . According to media reports, his appointment was a sign to the citizens in the east of the country and to the Russian government to counter their allegations of “fascist” or anti-Semitic tendencies of the new political leadership in Kiev. At his inaugural press conference, Kolomoyskyj described Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “little schizophrenic”. At a press conference two days later, Putin called Kolomoyskyj a “fraudster” and “villain”. On March 6, 2014, PrivatBank's Moscow branch was placed under receivership.

In his office as governor, he temporarily took over part of the salary payments to public employees and the supply of the troops in Dnepropetrovsk from his private assets. As part of the fighting during the 2014 Ukraine crisis , Kolomoyskyi said he pays a $ 10,000 premium for every pro-Russian separatist arrested. In mid-April, Kolomoyskyj announced the establishment of the Dnipro Battalion , a voluntary combat unit largely financed by him .

Conflict with President Poroshenko

After the Ukrainian parliament passed amendments on March 18, 2015, which curtailed Kolomojskyj's influence on the largest Ukrainian oil and gas producer Ukrnafta and the pipeline operator Ukrtransnafta , the latter had the headquarters of the companies stormed and occupied by his private army. Kolomoyskyj himself was present at the action and verbally abused a journalist loyal to the government "in a foul manner". Interior Minister Avakov then issued an ultimatum that the men had to lay down their weapons and leave the company within 24 hours. From the ranks of the Kiev leadership, Kolomoyskyi was then indirectly accused of banditry by accusing him of murder, torture and smuggling. Poroshenko's accounts in Kolomoisky's private bank were temporarily blocked.

The reform package passed by parliament for the state-owned industry was one of the reforms that the IMF called for in return for required loans. The amendments include that owner meetings of state-owned companies have a quorum with 51% attendance instead of 60% as before. Kolomojskyj's company Privat Group holds 43% of the shares through various company structures and, as a minority shareholder, he has been able to block resolutions by being absent.

Kolomoyskyi declared that if Poroshenko was deposed, he would bring his private army - the Dnieper battalion - to Dnipropetrovsk. Nevertheless, he was deposed by Poroshenko, but according to the official Kiev language regime, he resigned on March 25, 2015 after an interview with Poroshenko. The previous governor of the Zaporizhia Oblast , Valentin Resnichenko , was appointed as the successor to the post of governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast .

Russian preliminary investigation

In June 2014, the Russian law enforcement authorities opened an investigation against Kolomoyskyj and the Ukrainian Minister of the Interior, Arsen Avakov . Kolomoyskyj is under investigation, among other things, for organized crimes, he is said to have financed "right-wing extremist death squads ", for murder and the use of illicit weapons in the Donbass war zone. From the Russian point of view, Kolomoyskyj is seen as a threat to the peace process in eastern Ukraine. In early July 2014, a Moscow court issued an arrest warrant for Kolomoysky.

Nationalization of PrivatBank

In December 2016, PrivatBank, which was largely owned by Kolomojskyj, was nationalized to save the bank and the Ukrainian financial system from collapse. 95% of the bank's loans are said to have been paid out to companies owned by him and to Hennadij Boholjubow as the second major owner, with many loans being bad. The National Bank wants to oblige both of them to repay these insider loans.

Criminal investigations and preliminary investigations

According to media reports from March 2018, Kolomoisky moved his residence to Israel due to the criminal investigation against him in Ukraine. The US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio is also investigating in 2019 into investments made there by Kolomoysky.

Web links

Commons : Ihor Kolomojskyj  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Kolomoyskyj, Ihor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kolomojskyj, Ihor Valerijowytsch (full name); Igor Kolomojski (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian oligarch
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Dnipropetrovsk , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union