As Moscow annexed Crimea a year ago and pro-Russian separatists started seizing control of town halls across eastern Ukraine, Kyiv came up with the novel idea of appointing Ukraine's richest men as regional governors, in a bid to stop the unrest spreading to the heart of the country. Igor Kolomoisky was the first to sign up.
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Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (L) is talking with the Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Igor Kolomoisky on March 25.
