Kolomoisky is a former owner of leading Ukrainian bank PrivatBank, which was nationalised in late 2016 as part of a major clean-up of the country's banking system.Įarlier this year, security officials searched Kolomoisky's home in connection with a separate investigation into embezzlement and tax evasion at the country's two largest oil companies that were partially owned by the businessman.Īnd the US sanctioned Kolomoisky in 2021 'due to his involvement in significant corruption'. 'It was established that during 2013-2020, Ihor Kolomoisky legalised more than half a billion hryvnias (£11m) by withdrawing them abroad and using the infrastructure of the controlled banks,' the SBU said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made cracking down on corruption a priority as Ukraine fights Russia and Kolomoisky, one of Ukraine's richest men, is the most prominent figure to have become a target. Powerful Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoisky has been named as a suspect in a fraud and money laundering case, the SBU security service said today. 'We, therefore, choose to repeat last year's exception to regular practice – that is, to not invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm.' 'We recognise the strong reactions in Sweden,' the foundation said in a statement today. That announcement prompted the leaders of several Swedish political parties to say they would boycott the ceremonies. The foundation said on Thursday it would invite them, and Iran's ambassador, to this year's prize award ceremonies in December, commenting that it sought to include even those who did not share the values of the Nobel Prize. Last year, the foundation left out the ambassadors of Russia and its ally Belarus because of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. However, this decision has now been reversed and the Nobel Foundation has said today it will not after all invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in Stockholm this year. The Nobel Foundation announced it had reversed its invitation policy, also welcoming back Iran and the leader of a far-right Swedish party. Yesterday we reported that Russia and Belarus had been invited back to the Nobel Prize banquet after being banned last year for the invasion of Ukraine.

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