Viktor Topolov
Віктор Семенович Тополов
6th Minister of Coal Industry of Ukraine
In office
18 August 2005 – 4 August 2006
Prime MinisterYulia Tymoshenko
Yuriy Yekhanurov
Preceded bySerhiy Tulub
Succeeded bySerhiy Tulub
Personal details
Born (1945-12-21) December 21, 1945
Agapovka, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR
Political partyUnited Centre
Other political
affiliations		Our Ukraine
Alma materKomunarsk Mining and Metallurgical Institute (1973)
OccupationPolitician, government official

Viktor Semenovych Topolov (Ukrainian: Віктор Семенович Тополов) is a Ukrainian politician, bank director and head mining engineer.

Topolov is suspected by the FBI in late 1990s money-laundering and fraud.[1][2] He also was known to be associated with Alex Oronov.[1] Topolov also used services of three executives the FBI have described as members of a violent Russian organized-crime network: one, a mob enforcer closely associated with Semion Mogilevich, the powerful organized crime boss.[1]

Topolov was a president of Ukrainian football club.[2] In 2006 along with Alex Oronov, Topolov co-owned an ethanol company.[2] Through his partner and investments from Morgan Stanley, he wanted to build a factory in Ukraine.[2] Topolov ran a conglomerate "Kyiv-Donbas".[2] Law officers say there was evidence Topolov transferred phony player contracts to shell companies and directed CSKA Kyiv to pay them.[2] In late 2012 in interview to Forbes Ukraine, Topolov said that his venture "Kyiv-Donbas" was not totally official and one day he will write a book about it.[3]

The Mogilevich's hitman Leonid Roytman who spent sometime in the United States prison worked as vice president in Kyiv-Donbas in the late 1990s.[2] Vyacheslav (Slava) and Oleksandr (Alex) Konstantinovsky (known as Karamazov Brothers)[4] also were employed for Kyiv-Donbas and to this day hold Ukrainian fast-food network "Puzata Hata" that is part of "Kyiv Donbas" business.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Russ Baker. Michael Cohen’s Still-Missing Ukraine Background Info. WhoWhatWhy. May 24, 2018
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Michael Cohen Pitched Investors For A Powerful Ukrainian Oligarch’s Company. Buzzfeednews. June 9, 2017
  3. ↑ Andrei Zhumatiy. The most experienced Ukrainian banker, about 1990s and the future of banking in the country (Самый опытный украинский банкир – о 1990-х и будущем банкинга в стране). Forbes Ukraine. 20 December 2012
  4. ↑ "DocumentCloud".
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