Moscow is going after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s personal holdings, seizing assets in a raid on the roughly $40 million Russian facility of his candy company, Roshen, in Lipetsk. The company is the backbone of Poroshenko’s huge fortune. Radio Free Europe has more:
The April 28 seizure is the latest in a series of raids against the factory in response to allegations by Russian investigators of massive tax fraud. But Roshen says the assault on the factory is a transparent attempt to hamstring Poroshenko at a time when he is desperate to hold on to a rapidly crumbling cease-fire in eastern …read more
Source: The American Interest
