Cyprus sold citizenship to corrupt officials, the list includes influential Ukrainians
24 August, 2020
Politics

Al-Jazeera investigators have obtained access to 1,500 confidential documents that contain information about Cyprus selling its passports to a number of

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Al-Jazeera investigators have obtained access to 1,500 confidential documents that contain information about Cyprus selling its passports to a number of"dubious individuals who pose a serious threat to the security of the EU." The list also includes the names of famous Ukrainians.
• Oligarch Oleg Bakhmatyuk is involved in the case on withdrawal of money from the "VAB Bank". In 2014, the NBU issued a stabilization loan to the financial institution of a businessman in the amount of UAH 1.2 billion, after which the Bank "burst".
• Former Minister of Ecology Mykola Zlochevsky, who was given a preventive measure by the Ukrainian court in the form of arrest in the Burisma case
* Lyudmila Lebedeva, wife of the former defense Minister (during the Yanukovich presidency) Pavel Lebedev. In October 2014, a criminal case was opened against him in Ukraine. The military Prosecutor's office suspects him of destroying the structure of the army and undermining the country's defense capability.
* Ukrainian businessman Vadim Shulman from the entourage of oligarch Igor Kolomoisky.
* Former (during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych) head of the Investigative Department of the tax police of the GNA of Ukraine Anatoly Yakovynets.

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