NEW: Ukraine’s top pro-Kremlin politician, Viktor Medvedchuk, and his business partner paid just $40,000 to secure a stake in a Russian energy firm.
It has since paid them tens of millions of dollars in dividends.
OCCRP and @cxemu investigate👇 1/
occrp.org/en/investigati…
It has since paid them tens of millions of dollars in dividends.
OCCRP and @cxemu investigate👇 1/
occrp.org/en/investigati…
This bargain sale, done via companies in Cyprus, was finalized on the same day in 2014 that dozens of gunmen in unmarked military fatigues, known as "little green men," stormed the Crimean parliament.
Both events have helped Russia assert influence in Ukraine. 2/
Both events have helped Russia assert influence in Ukraine. 2/
Medvedchuk and his business partner, Taras Kozak, were recently sanctioned by Ukraine’s government for allegedly financing terrorism. Three news channels under their control have been taken off the air. 3/ 
The deal gave companies linked to the two Ukrainians access to profits from an oil refinery in southern Russia, which had been built several years before for roughly $500 million by Russian billionaire Sergey Kislov. The men have since upped their stake in the company to 93%. 4/
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