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Igor Kolomoisky, Ukraine's most wanted oligarch

Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky. © Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

He is at the centre of a wide search yet has managed to elude them all: London lawyers, the FBI, Ukrainian banks, the Russian secret services are all trying to pinpoint Igor Kolomoisky, who slipped off the radar at the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. [...] (699 words)

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