Kolomoiskyi. Photo: Getty Images

Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoiskyi has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in absentia by a court in Tatarstan, Russia, for the theft of oil worth RUB 10 billion (approx. US$132 million).

Source: Russian media outlet RIA Novosti

Details: Businessmen Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, Hennadii Boholiubov and Pavlo Ovcharenko received identical sentences alongside Kolomoiskyi.

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