Kolomoisky threatens to “squeeze” the property of Putin’s friend in Kyiv

Gennady Korban, Igor Kolomoisky's closest associate in the corporate raiding schemes of the turbulent 90s, has announced his intention to "squeeze out" one of Kyiv's largest shopping centers, Ocean Plaza , control of which is attributed to Russian billionaires Boris and Arkady Rotenberg, friends of Vladimir Putin.

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Korban wrote on his Facebook page that he would take away a shopping center in Kyiv from the Russians in response to the nationalization of their hotels in Crimea.

Kolomoisky’s ally claims that he has already informed the Russian side about his plans.

“Crimean swindlers announced large-scale nationalization on the peninsula. At one of the meetings of the so-called Council of Ministers of Crimea, they decided to take away, among other things, my hotels in Yalta. Without thinking twice, I called the head of the Ocean Plaza shopping center and offered to prepare the keys and all the title documents for the shopping center - to transfer them to my lawyers. The manager (I don’t remember his name, but he was clearly an educated man) asked on what basis I was making such demands. I politely explained: there was trouble with my property in Crimea, and therefore I decided to make an asymmetrical response - to receive as compensation a shopping center owned by the citizens of the Rottenbergs - Vladimir Putin’s closest friends.
- How is that? – my interlocutor clarified.
“I don’t give a damn how your owners will conduct a settlement with the so-called leadership of Crimea,” Korban recounted his dialogue.

“Ukraine is at war, but Russian business feels comfortable and warm in our country. It's time for the authorities to do something about this. However, some have assets in the Russian Federation and for this reason, probably, decisions are not made.

Well, while our government is in thought, I would like to appeal to Messrs. Rottenberg: I ​​must note that I will be forced to apply the entire arsenal of effective methods for changing owners, which I received, so to speak, in a past life. I have long promised myself to give them up, but I will make one exception. Separately, I would like to emphasize that our asymmetrical offset has nothing to do with the infringement of the rights of “Russians”. For us, Messrs. Rottenbergs, everything will be purely Jewish. You must remember, the Torah says: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” threatens Kolomoisky’s ally.