Thursday, June 04, 2015

Ukraine Is Going Broke, But Poroshenko Is Not

Though Poroshenko declared an income of 51 million UAH ($2 million), for 2013, in the past year he gained nearly 369 million (just under $17 million), from the sale of securities, interest on deposits and from stock dividends.

Interviewed by the BBC, the press service of Poroshenko said that the President donates his entire salary to charity. Whether this is true or not, this aspect might have adverse effects on his already waning approval.

Before the election, in fact, the owner of Roshen, the eighteenth confectioner in the world, had promised to sell his companies. He has not done this yet, a fact which could suggest to Ukrainians that he, and his personal interests, have benefited from his position .... http://russia-insider.com