Oligarchs hold key to Yanukovich’s grip on power - FT.com | #EuroMaidan

Oligarchs hold key to Yanukovich’s grip on power - FT.com:

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Ukraine’s richest man Rinat Akhmetov

With thousands of citizens thronging Kiev’s streets, pitched against riot police and calling for the resignation of Ukraine’s president Viktor Yanukovich, Ukrainians residing in the UK have found a different target.
They protested this weekend outside London’s ultra-chic One Hyde Park apartment building, where Ukraine’s richest man, Rinat Akhmetov, owns a £136.6m flat. They urged him to use his influence with the president – of whom Mr Akhmetov is seen as a close ally.
“Akhmetov, discipline your pet Yanukovich!” they chanted."

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