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Ukraine does the right thing: It has just sanctioned Putin's chief agent in Ukraine, Viktor Medvedch
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Anders Åslund
@anders_aslund
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Feb 19, 2021
Ukraine does the right thing: It has just sanctioned Putin's chief agent in Ukraine, Viktor Medvedchuk, & his wife for terrorism. The US sanctioned him for instigating the Russian occupation of Crimea in March 2014. His wife holds most of their companies.
Санкции против Медведчука ввели за финансирование терроризма – Данилов
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Anders Åslund
@anders_aslund
Ukraine should have sanctioned Medvedchuk in 2014, but Germany wanted him as a go-between with Putin (why would anybody want Putin's agent as a middleman?) & Poroshenko had substantial private diesel business with Medvedchuk. Good riddance!
11:32 AM · Feb 19, 2021
expatua.com
@expatua
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Feb 19, 2021
Replying to @anders_aslund
Lesson: ALWAYS sanction the spouse.
Anders Åslund
@anders_aslund
Indeed, Russian & Ukrainian businessmen tend to claim that their spouses own their real assets so that they don't lose them because of their illegal behavior.