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Adrian Karatnycky: To save Ukraine, pressure its oligarchs
Adrian Karatnycky says Ukraine's oligarchs can play a decisive role in ending the nation's political crisis. Bilionaire Rinat Akhmetov controls as much as 7 percent of the nation's gross domestic product.
Eleven weeks after President Viktor Yanukovych sparked peaceful street protests by halting Ukraine’s effort to build closer ties to Europe, his standoff with the opposition has slid into ugly violence that has polarized politics and pushed the country to the brink of a civil conflagration.
