(Bloomberg) — A Ukrainian court agreed to a request from prosecutors to seize assets of ex-President Petro Poroshenko, Interfax-Ukraine reported, citing a ruling.
Poroshenko stands accused of treason for purchasing coal from the war-torn regions controlled by Russian-backed fighters in Ukraine’s east. He denies the allegations and says his successor, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is targeting him as a political rival.
Poroshenko is traveling abroad and said he would return to Ukraine on Jan. 17
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