After being elected president of Ukraine in June 2014, Petro Poroshenko said, “The key position that I am starting from is the deoligarchization of the economy. We’re trying to build order in the country, but [oligarchs] are the chaos.” This was one of many political promises to remove oligarchs’ influence over the country. However, this rhetoric was not followed by any real steps.
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President Petro Poroshenko gives a speech during an opening ceremony of parliament session on Sep. 6. (Volodymyr Petrov)
