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Igor Kolomoisky

Screen capture from video of Jewish Ukranian-Israeli oligarch Igor Kolomoisky as he arrives at a Kyiv court to face corruption charges, September 2, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 3, 2023, 2:03 pm
Kyiv court orders detention of Israeli-Ukrainian oligarch on corruption charges
Igor Kolomoisky to be held for two months for alleged fraud and money-laundering; defense lawyers say he will appeal detention but won’t post bail of nearly $14 million
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A monument to the Holocaust vandalized in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, in a photo shared January 19, 2020 by Israel's ambassador to the country Joel Lion. (Twitter screen capture)
January 19, 2020, 3:09 pm
Holocaust monument in western Ukraine defaced
Israeli ambassador says hopes ‘justice will prevail’; dozens of anti-Semitic incidents reported annually, though report says decline seen since election of Jewish president
By ToI Staff and JTA
A monument to Yiddish writer and humorist Sholem Aleichem in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv was vandalized with swastikas on November 25, 2019. (Twitter)
January 16, 2020, 8:16 am
Anti-Semitic incidents dropped by 27% in Ukraine last year, Jewish group says
United Jewish Community of Ukraine attributes decrease to election of Jewish actor Volodymyr Zelensky as president
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is greeted by supporters as he leaves his inauguration ceremony at the parliament in Kiev on May 20, 2019. (Sergei Chuzavkov/AFP)
May 22, 2019, 4:37 pm
Ukraine’s Zelensky under fire over top appointment
New president, once accused of running for office as front for Ukrainian-Swiss-Israeli oligarch Kolomoisky, appoints billionaire’s personal lawyer Andriy Bogdan as top aide
By AFP
Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky (C) and his wife Olena together with members of his crew react during a presidential election debate with Ukraine's current President at The Olympic Stadium in Kiev on April 19, 2019. (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
April 21, 2019, 6:02 am
Jewish comedian poised to clinch presidency as Ukraine votes
Critics say Volodymyr Zelensky, who is mostly known for playing a politician on TV, lacks experience, but polls still show him cruising to an easy victory over Petro Poroshenko
By AFP
File: Ukrainian Jewish billionaire Igor Kolomoisky (screen capture: YouTube)
January 7, 2016, 9:13 pm
Ukrainian-Jewish billionaire sues Russia over Crimea airport dispute
Ukrainian nationalist Igor Kolomoisky says Russia’s refusal to let him operate passenger terminal cost him $15 million
By JTA
Igor Kolomoisky (photo credit: Wikipedia/ Справедливість Повна версія)
April 1, 2015, 7:31 pm
Ukrainian Jewish governor resigns amid dispute with president
Billionaire philanthropist Igor Kolomoisky steps down after standoff with Poroshenko over control of state-owned firms
By JTA
Former Russian Jewish Congress head Yevgeny Satanovsky (screen capture: Vestnik Kavkaza/YouTube)
March 13, 2015, 6:41 am
Ex-Russian Jewish leader says Ukraine oligarch should be hanged
Yevgeny Satanovsky tells Moscow media that two prominent Jews deserve to die for pro-Ukrainian nationalist support
By JTA
Ludmila Lazaurenko, right, with her son Anatoly and mother Nadezhda Belovol at their temporary housing near Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, July 14, 2014. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
July 26, 2014, 6:03 am
Jews from eastern Ukraine weep for decimated homeland
Fleeing ‘place full of death,’ Jewish refugees survive on assistance from local and foreign Jewish groups
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Igor Kolomoisky (photo credit: Wikipedia/ Справедливість Повна версія)
July 16, 2014, 12:52 pm
Ukrainian Jewish governor vows to return mosque to Muslims
Igor Kolomoisky made promise at school, which operates from a 1926 mosque confiscated by the Soviet government
By JTA
Igor Kolomoisky (photo credit: Wikipedia/ Справедливість Повна версія)
June 18, 2014, 7:11 pm
Jewish Ukrainian governor accused of murder
Russian investigators say Igor Kolomoisky also committed human rights violations, used ‘prohibited means and methods of warfare’
By JTA
Pro-Russian volunteers gather at Lenin Square in Simferopol, Crimea, on March 14, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/Daniel Leal Olivas)
May 30, 2014, 6:09 pm
Crimean Jewish group claims bank account was emptied
Ner Tamid’s funds, held at a bank owned by pro-Ukranian Jewish oligarch, allegedly disappeared after Russian invasion
By JTA
The Jewish News One logo
May 15, 2014, 10:14 pm
Ukrainian Jewish channel ending focus on Jewish news
Jewish News One cites current situation in Ukraine and competition from French news outlet behind shift to local news
By JTA
Pro-Russian militants attack a branch of Ukrainian bank Privatbank in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Monday, April 28, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY)
April 28, 2014, 5:14 pm
Pro-Russian activists attack oligarch’s bank in Donetsk
Igor Kolomoisky, worth $2.4 billion, is a leader of the local Jewish community
By AFP
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