Kolomoisky
-do you have any articles on this character. I’m interested in reading more about him and his involvement.
'There is an absurd subplot in the very serious conflict between Russia and Ukraine: Russian President Vladimir Putin is publicly trading insults with Ukrainian billionaire Ihor Kolomoyskyy, recently appointed governor of the industrial Dnepropetrovsk region by Ukraine's interim government. According to the most recent version of Forbes' global rich list, Kolomoyskyy is the 828th richest person in the world, with a fortune of $2.1 billion. The flamboyant and contentious magnate, one of the pillars of Dnepropetrovsk's powerful Jewish community, owns a disparate pool of assets in the mining, steel, oil, airline, fertilizer and petrochemical industries. His Privatbank is the biggest in Ukraine.
Kolomoyskyy earned the trust of the revolutionary government that came to power after president Viktor Yanukovych's flight to Russia by firmly opposing separatism in the pro-Russian east of the country.
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On Monday, he lambasted Putin as a "schizophrenic shorty." "I cannot understand how Ukrainians and Russians can make war," he said, referring to Putin's threat of military intervention in Ukraine. "He is totally out of touch, completely crazy."
Putin, who measures 5 feet 7 inches, is said to be touchy about his stature and in general disinclined to forget personal insults...'
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-03-04/putin-gets-personal-in-ukraine
Unsurprisingly, the Putin fan club want him eliminated promptly:
'Yermek Taychibekoff, a Kazakh businessman and public figure, who also has a blog called "Russian empire", has offered a huge reward for the capture or "liquidation" of Ihor Kolomoyskyi, a Ukrainian oligarch and the recently appointed Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Kolomoyskyi has been somewhat outspoken in his criticism of the Russian state, describing President Putin, on March 3, as a "schizophrenic shorty."'
http://pressimus.com/Interpreter_Mag/press/2362