This summer, the Ukrainian government awarded the rights to develop a huge complex of oil and gas fields in the country to an American company that is co-owned by a former campaign donor to then-Energy Secretary Rick Perry. The decision annoyed the heads of the state-owned Naftogaz conglomerate, which had competed and lost the bidding for the contract. Now, Naftogaz has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the deal, two sources familiar with the matter tell TIME, casting a spotlight on Perry’s role in Ukraine’s oil and gas industry.
Time: Lawsuit raises questions about Rick Perry’s role in Ukraine
US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry speaks during a swearing in ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building March 2, 2017 in Washington, DC.
