The title of the article does not say “oligarch”. Any reason for that particular? (Oddly the URL does, but my question still stands)
News articles often change titles after they are posted. They run A/B experiments to see what titles will get the most engagement and then switch to the new one without changing the URL.
Fucking hell. I don’t know which is worse: that that makes sense, or that they do that. Stop this ride I want to get off.
Because he’s worth $225M.
Iermolaiev is a real estate developer who was born and raised in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. His company, the Alef Group, also has interests in agriculture and vodka production. In 2018 the oligarch gave up his Ukrainian passport and acquired EU citizenship from Cyprus. As well as Monaco, he is a frequent visitor to London and Paris.
In 2022, the newspaper Ukrainskaya Pravda identified the oligarch as a member of the “Monaco battalion”, an ironic reference to wealthy Ukrainians who live in comfort abroad while their fellow citizens experience daily Russian drone and missile attacks. Iermolaiev enjoyed the high life and drove a £250,000 Bentley Flying Spur, it noted.
But isnt it usually reserved for those also who attempt to influence government, and/or rule through their money? It doesn’t sound like he’s doing that with Ukraine.
Ukraine doesn’t really have oligarchs.