The Oligarch Part 2: How one powerful man made Zelensky president, Ukraine his pocket state, and sent it to war

This is the second part of RT’s special investigation on Igor Kolomoysky. You can find Part 1 here to read about Kolomoysky’s rise to the status of godfather of Ukrainian corruption, his involvement in the Maidan revolution and the following years leading up to Vladimir Zelensky’s election.

Zelensky elected: The people’s fantasies and Kolomoysky’s favor

In April 2019, comedian Vladimir Zelensky defeated in a landslide incumbent Pyotr Poroshenko in the Ukrainian presidential election. It was an instance of life imitating art. In a TV series called ‘Servant of the People’, Zelensky played the role of a school teacher who launches a quixotic bid…

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