President: Ukraine supports US decision to impose sanctions on Kolomoyskyy

13.03.2021 12:36

Ukrinform

Ukraine supports the US decision to impose sanctions on former owners of PrivatBank and makes efforts to return the funds to the country.

“As for the United States' sanctions against the former owners of PrivatBank. We support this decision and make efforts to return the money to Ukraine to bring justice back to Ukraine. Its main principle is that we clearly see a difference between the concepts of ‘big business’ and ‘oligarchic class’. And surnames do not make any difference here: Medvedchuk, Kolomoyskyy, Poroshenko, Akhmetov, Pinchuk, Firtash or anyone else,” President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address posted on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

According to him, one thing is important: if a person is ready to work legally and transparently, such a person will be supported. If a person wants to continue creating monopolies and control the media, this time is over.

As reported, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on March 5 that the United States imposed restrictive measures against Ihor Kolomoyskyy. The businessman, his wife and children are banned from entering the United States.

The Office of the President of Ukraine thanked the United States "for supporting de-oligarchization."