The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is controlled by five or six oligarchs who have large assets, TV channels and the lawmakers controlled by them, Vice Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Oksana Syroyid said in a TV interview.
Interior Minister of Ukraine Arsen Avakov has said that the National Police of Ukraine is investigating into two criminal cases directly linked to businessman and head of the Federation of Employers of Ukraine (FEU) Dmytro Firtash.
A federal court in New York has dismissed a claim filed by former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko against businessman Dmytro Firtash, who was accused by Tymoshenko of fraud.
The Mariupol Illich Steel and Iron plant has been fined UAH 900,000 for air pollution, the press service of the prosecutor's office in the Donetsk region reports.