While much of the focus on the Panama Papers leak has been on Russia and Vladimir Putin, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko is also under serious pressure.
Supposedly anti-corruption, Poroshenko is facing impeachment calls in parliament, after the documents showed that the leader registered an offshore company on the day of a bloody defeat for Ukrainian forces in 2014.
Poroshenko registered Prime Asset Partners Ltd on August 21, 2014, with company records in Cyprus pointing to him as the firm’s only shareholder. The same day, around 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers were reported killed after a pro-Russian offensive in east Ukraine.
Not only was the date …read more
Source: Newsweek
