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Blogger Denys Kazanskyi urged Ukrainian authorities to pay attention to the share of Russian businessmen in the Kyivstar group and the risks associated with access to Ukrainian data. He believes the state must develop a legal mechanism to remove Russian influence from a strategic operator.
Kazanskyi wrote this in his post.
According to him, Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman, from whom the EU recently lifted sanctions, remains a co-owner of the Kyivstar group. Kazanskyi cited data from Censor.NET, according to which Fridman, together with Russians Petr Avan and German Kosogov, retains about 43,4% of the Kyivstar Group's economic influence.
The blogger emphasized that the problem, in his view, is not only ethical. Kyivstar is expanding its presence in Ukraine and controls, in particular, Uklon, Helsi, and Tabletki.ua.
“And this is information about movement, addresses, visits to doctors, needs for medicines. Access to all these data could become a weapon for the enemy; it opens up for Russian special services opportunities to locate military personnel, pursue their families, monitor and threaten them – that is why this is a national security issue,” Kazanskyi said.
He also noted that Ukraine cannot influence EU sanctions decisions, but is capable of independently addressing issues regarding Russian owners within the country.
“The state must respond to risks proactively and not wait until data is stolen; some legal mechanism to remove Russian influence from the strategic operator must be developed,” the blogger stressed.
The article's author also urged Ukraine to adhere to its own sanctions regime against Russian businessmen and assets connected with Letter One, ABH and VEON.
The article claims that the issue of assets of Russian oligarchs remains a topic of discussion in Ukraine and abroad. The author also links this to the need to find additional resources for the Ukrainian budget and support for the state's defense capability.
Separately, the author mentions Mikhail Fridman, Petr Avet, Herman Khan, and Herman Kosogov and calls for applying lawful confiscation mechanisms to assets connected with them.
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