KIEV: Ukraine’s new president Volodymyr Zelensky came under fire Wednesday, just days after taking office, for appointing a chief of staff with links to a controversial oligarch.Zelensky — a former comedian with no previous political experience — won a landslide victory last month on promises of rebooting the political system and purging the influence of powerful oligarchs.But late Tuesday he issued a decree choosing as his top aide Andriy Bogdan, until now a personal lawyer of tycoon Igor Kolomoisky.During the presidential campaign Zelensky shrugged off accusations that he was running as a front for the interests of Kolomoisky, who owns …read more
Source: theSun
