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Ukraine's oligarchs

August 13, 2014

With an estimated fortune of some 8.5 billion euros, Rinat Akhmehtov is one of Ukraine's richest men.

Rinat Achmetow Archiv 2007
Image: imago/Kommersant/Ilyanok
The oligarch has coal mines and steel factories throughout the country, but the recent fighting in eastern Ukraine has forced some of his operations to shut down. DW got a rare look at one of his mines in western Ukraine.
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