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4/4/2021 Public Designation of Oligarch and Former Ukrainian Public Official Ihor Kolomoyskyy Due to Involvement in Significant Corruption - Unite… Travelers An ocial website of the United States government Here's how you know Visas Home > ... > Public Designation of Oligarch and Former Ukrainian Public Ocial Ihor Kolomoyskyy Due to Involvement in… Public DesignAtion of OligArch And Former UkrAiniAn Public OfficiAl Ihor Kolomoyskyy Due to Involvement in SignificAnt Corruption PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 5, 2021 Share Today, I am announcing the public designation of oligarch and former Ukrainian public official Ihor Kolomoyskyy due to his involvement in significant corruption. In his official capacity as a Governor of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Oblast from 2014 to 2015, Kolomoyskyy was involved in corrupt acts that undermined rule of law and the Ukrainian public’s faith in their government’s democratic institutions and public processes, including using his political influence and official power for his personal benefit. While this designation is based on acts during his time in office, I also want to express concern about Kolomoyskyy’s current and ongoing efforts to undermine Ukraine’s democratic processes and institutions, which pose a serious threat to its future. This designation is made under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020. In addition to Ihor Kolomoyskyy, I am publicly designating the following members of Ihor Kolomoyskyy’s immediate family: his wife, Iryna Kolomoyska, his daughter, Angelika Kolomoyska, and his son, Israel Zvi Kolomoyskyy. This action renders Ihor Kolomoyskyy and each of these members of his immediate family ineligible for entry into the United States. https://www.state.gov/public-designation-of-oligarch-and-former-ukrainian-public-official-ihor-kolomoyskyy-due-to-involvement-in-significant-corruption/ 1/4 4/4/2021 Public Designation of Oligarch and Former Ukrainian Public Official Ihor Kolomoyskyy Due to Involvement in Significant Corruption - Unite… This designation reaffirms the U.S. commitment to supporting political, economic, and justice sector reforms that are key to Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic path. The United States continues to stand with all Ukrainians whose work drives reforms forward. The Department will continue to use authorities like this to promote accountability for corrupt actors in this region and globally. For more information, please contact [email protected]. TAGS 7031(c) Bureau of European and Eurasian Aairs Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Aairs Corruption Oce of the Spokesperson The Secretary of State Ukraine RelAted Articles F E B R U A R Y 2 5 , 2 0 2 1 DesignAtion of Former Prosecutor GenerAl DobroslAv TrnkA of the SlovAk Republic for Involvement in SignificAnt Corruption READ MORE M A R C H 3 1 , 2 0 2 1 SecretAry Blinken’s CAll with UkrAiniAn Foreign Minister KulebA https://www.state.gov/public-designation-of-oligarch-and-former-ukrainian-public-official-ihor-kolomoyskyy-due-to-involvement-in-significant-corruption/ 2/4 Kolomoisky: Zelensky is our common victory with Avakov https://news.liga.net/politics/news/kolomoyskiy-zelenskiy-nasha-obschaya-s-avak ovym-pobeda May 02, 2019 Oligarch Igor Kolomoisky said that the Volodymyr Zelensky’s victory in the presidential elections of Ukraine is a "common victory" for him and the Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov. Kolomoisky said this in an interview with Bihus.info. When asked if Avakov congratulated him on Zelensky's victory, Kolomoisky replied: "Avakov and I constantly communicate ... Therefore, we believe that this is a common victory." Denis Bigus asked how long this "partnership in the context of elections" has been going on. “We do not have a partnership over the choice of Zelensky, we have a Zelensky fan club. We are supporting Zelensky. We supported Yulia (Yulia Tymoshenko, - ed.) together. We fought against Petya (Petro Poroshenko, - ed.) ", - answered Kolomoisky. When asked from what moment Avakov began to "fight against Petya", the oligarch replied: “I don’t want to answer for him. But if you asked me when he had an “irreversible process”, when Petya “crossed the Rubicon”, it was when there was a story about his son (“Avakov's backpacks criminal case”, - ed.) At the same time, Kolomoisky called the "case of Avakov's backpacks" "a contrived story". 4/4/2021 Коломойский: Зеленский – наша общая с Аваковым победа - новости Украины, Политика - LIGA.net Отключить рекламу Поддержать Главная Новости Бизнес Финансы Тесh Life Money Cпецпроекты UA Коломойский: Зеленский – наша общая с Аваковым победа 02.05.2019, 19:54 13048 20 Скриншот с видео Олигарх Игорь Коломойский заявил, что победа на выборах президента Украины Владимира Зеленского - "общая победа" его и министра внутренних дел Арсена Авакова. Об этом Коломойский сказал в интервью Bihus.info. На вопрос, поздравил ли Аваков его с победой Зеленского Коломойский ответил: "Мы с Аваковым постоянно общаемся… Поэтому мы считаем, что это общая победа". Денис Бигус поинтересовался, давно ли продолжается это "партнерство в контексте выборов". "У нас нет партнерства по поводу выбора Зеленского, у нас есть фан-клуб Зеленского. Мы болеем за Зеленского. Мы и за Юлю (Юлию Тимошенко, - ред.) болели вместе. Мы болели против Пети (Петра Порошенко, - ред.)", - ответил Коломойский. На вопрос, с какого момента Аваков начал "болеть против Пети", олигарх ответил: "Не хочу за него говорить, но я бы, если бы у меня спросили, когда у него произошел "необратимый процесс", когда Петя "перешел Рубикон", то это когда по поводу сына история была ("дело рюкзаков Авакова", - ред.) При этом Коломойский назвал "дело рюкзаков Авакова" "надуманной историей". Читайте также: Внезапный финал: как САП закрыла дело рюкзаков Авакова Вадим Ребрина 13048 https://news.liga.net/politics/news/kolomoyskiy-zelenskiy-nasha-obschaya-s-avakovym-pobeda 1/4 4/4/2021 Treasury Takes Further Action Against Russian-linked Actors | U.S. Department of the Treasury U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Treasury Takes Further Action Against Russian-linked Actors January 11, 2021 WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Oice of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took additional action against seven individuals and four entities that are part of a Russia-linked foreign influence network associated with Andrii Derkach. Russian agent Derkach was designated on September 10, 2020, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13848, for his attempt to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election. “Russian disinformation campaigns targeting American citizens are a threat to our democracy,” said Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. “The United States will continue to aggressively defend the integrity of our election systems and processes.” TREASURY TARGETS DERKACH’S INNER CIRCLE Since at least 2019, Derkach and his associates have leveraged U.S. media, U.S.-based social media platforms, and influential U.S. persons to spread misleading and unsubstantiated allegations that current and former U.S. oicials engaged in corruption, money laundering, and unlawful political influence in Ukraine. Former Ukrainian Government oicials Konstantin Kulyk, Oleksandr Onyshchenko, Andriy Telizhenko, and current Ukraine Member of Parliament Oleksandr Dubinsky have publicly appeared or ailiated themselves with Derkach through the coordinated dissemination and promotion of fraudulent and unsubstantiated allegations involving a U.S. political candidate. They have made repeated public statements to advance disinformation narratives that U.S. government oicials have engaged in corrupt dealings in Ukraine. These eorts are consistent with and in support of Derkach’s eorts, acting as an agent of the Russian intelligence services, to influence the 2020 U.S. Presidential election. Kulyk, a former prosecutor for the Prosecutor General’s Oice of Ukraine, formed an alliance with Derkach to spread false accusations of international corruption. Onyshchenko, a fugitive from Ukrainian justice due to charges of corruption, provided edited audio tape copies of https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1232 1/3 4/4/2021 Treasury Takes Further Action Against Russian-linked Actors | U.S. Department of the Treasury purported audio recordings of conversations between former Ukrainian and U.S. oicials, which Derkach released between May and July 2020 to discredit U.S. oicials and influence the U.S. elections. Telizhenko, a former low-level Ukrainian diplomat, orchestrated meetings between Derkach and U.S. persons to help propagate false claims concerning corruption in Ukraine. Dubinsky, who serves alongside Derkach in Ukraine’s parliament, joined Derkach in press conferences designed to perpetuate these and other false narratives and denigrate U.S. presidential candidates and their families. Kulyk, Onyshchenko, Telizhenko, and Dubinsky are being designated pursuant to E.O. 13848 for having directly or indirectly engaged in, sponsored, concealed, or otherwise been complicit in foreign influence in a United States election. TREASURY TARGETS DISINFORMATION APPARATUS SUPPORTING DERKACH NabuLeaks and Era-Media TOV are media front companies in Ukraine that push false narratives at Derkach’s behest. Derkach has been the de facto owner of Era-Media-related companies since the 1990s. More recently, Derkach created the NabuLeaks platform to disparage the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU). NABU was created in 2015 as one of three specialized anti-corruption