(JTA) — The Ukrainian Jewish billionaire Igor Kolomoisky resigned as governor of the Dnepropetrovsk region amid a dispute with President Petro Poroshenko over control of two state-owned firms.
Kolomoisky, who has poured millions of his own wealth into preparing Ukraine’s army to fight against Russia, sent Poroshenko his resignation letter late last week, the news website evreiskiy.kiev.ua reported. Replacing Kolomoisky as governor of the Dnepropetrovsk region — an area of great strategic importance for its heavy industry and proximity to the Russian border and which has enclaves held by Russian-backed separatists — is Valentyn Reznichenko, the governor of a nearby district.
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Source: JTA
