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ARTICLE · 17 JUNE 2021

Ukraine Vs Oligarchs.

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Ukraine is famous for its culture, cuisine, beautiful landscapes, fertile land, and rich natural resources. Being a plentiful and means rich country, Ukraine came up under the control of the group of oligarchs.

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Oleksii (Alex) Maistrenko
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Ukraine is famous for its culture, cuisine, beautiful landscapes, fertile land, and rich natural resources. Being a plentiful and means rich country, Ukraine came up under the control of the group of oligarchs. Since the national independence referendum in 1991, their influence rose. According to Focus.ua, the top-100 oligarchs own more than 23% ($42,1 bn) of Ukrainian GDP.  

On June 02, the president of Ukraine introduced draft law #5599. With this draft Law, Volodymyr Zelenski initiated an anti-oligarchs policy. It introduces the public “oligarch`s registry” and defines several “oligarch” criteria:

  1. Participation in political life
  1. Possession of a significant impact on media

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