Former Ukraine president's links to $260 million PrivatBank claim 'fanciful,' UK court hears
By Annie Robertson ( July 27, 2021, 17:46 GMT | Insight) -- A former Ukrainian president has urged a UK court to dismiss a "fanciful" civil fraud claim founded on “assertions, based on nothing other than allegation” that he ring-fenced $260 million to prop up PrivatBank during its nationalization in 2016. Petro Poroshenko and former central bank governor Valeria Gontareva have denied conspiring to sink funds belonging to businessman Igor Surkis into the bank.A former president of Ukraine has urged a UK court to dismiss a "fanciful" civil fraud claim founded on “assertions, based on nothing other than allegation” that he ring-fenced $260 million to prop up PrivatBank during its nationalization in 2016....
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