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In February 2013 he signed The Giving Pledge, vowing to donate half the fortune to charity. In November 2018 during the first [[Trump administration]], Pinchuk was included in the [[Russian sanction]] list.
In February 2013 he signed The Giving Pledge, vowing to donate half the fortune to charity. In November 2018 during the first [[Trump administration]], Pinchuk was included in the [[Russian sanction]] list.
==The Krivorozhstal steel company scandal==
==Scandals==
===The Krivorozhstal steel company scandal===
In June 2004 Pinchuk bought a 93.02% stake in “Krivorozhstal” steel company in a privatization tender for UAH 4.26 billion (about $800 million) with a starting price of UAH 3.8 billion. After the victory of the “Orange Revolution” then President of Ukraine [[Viktor Yushchenko]] and Prime Minister [[Yulia Tymoshenko]] announced the need to review tender results as it was held on anticompetitive conditions and led to a significant underestimation of the sale price.
In June 2004 Pinchuk bought a 93.02% stake in “Krivorozhstal” steel company in a privatization tender for UAH 4.26 billion (about $800 million) with a starting price of UAH 3.8 billion. After the victory of the “Orange Revolution” then President of Ukraine [[Viktor Yushchenko]] and Prime Minister [[Yulia Tymoshenko]] announced the need to review tender results as it was held on anticompetitive conditions and led to a significant underestimation of the sale price.
In October 2015, a controlling stake in “Krivorozhstal” steel company was sold to “Mittal Stee” for a record 24.2 billion UAH ($4.79 Billion) at a starting price of 10 billion UAH. At the end of the same year $800 million of the proceeds was returned to Pinchuk.
In October 2015, a controlling stake in “Krivorozhstal” steel company was sold to “Mittal Stee” for a record 24.2 billion UAH ($4.79 Billion) at a starting price of 10 billion UAH. At the end of the same year $800 million of the proceeds was returned to Pinchuk.
==Ukrsotsbank==
===Ukrsotsbank===
“Interpipe Corporation” became a shareholder of “Ukrsotsbank” in May 2002 but it was not announced publicly until April 2004. It belonged to novice oligarch and politician Valery Khoroshkovsky and his Russian partners.
“Interpipe Corporation” became a shareholder of “Ukrsotsbank” in May 2002 but it was not announced publicly until April 2004. It belonged to novice oligarch and politician Valery Khoroshkovsky and his Russian partners.
===Pinchuk kidnapping in 1996===
===Pinchuk kidnapping in 1996===
In the summer of 1996 Pinchuk was kidnapped. There is a version that Pavel Lazarenko was involved. Lazarenko was a friend of then father-in-law of Pinchuk - Vladimir Arshava and the reason was the breakdown in the family of Victor Pinchuk and his wife Elena Arshava. Pinchuk-controlled “Credit Bank” paid the kidnappers $ 5 million in ransom.
In the summer of 1996 Pinchuk was kidnapped. There is a version that Pavel Lazarenko was involved. Lazarenko was a friend of then father-in-law of Pinchuk - Vladimir Arshava and the reason was the breakdown in the family of Victor Pinchuk and his wife Elena Arshava. Pinchuk-controlled “Credit Bank” paid the kidnappers $ 5 million in ransom.
===Crowdstrike===
[[Crowdstrike]] is funded by [[Google]],<ref>https://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2017/03/23/what-is-crowdstrike-firm-hired-by-dnc-has-ties-to-hillary-clinton-a-ukrainian-billionaire-and-google/</ref> the arms industry, [[NATO]], the US Military, [[Saudi Arabia]], the [[UAE]], and [[Ukrainian]] [[oligarch]] Victor Pinchuk who donated $10 million to the [[Clinton Foundation]].<ref>[https://themarketswork.com/2018/03/11/victor-pinchuk-the-clintons-endless-connections/ Victor Pinchuk, the Clintons & Endless Connections], by Jeff Carlson, March 11, 2018.</ref> Pinchuk hosted the September 2013 YES confabulation in [[Yalta]], [[Crimea]] attended by [[Bill Clinton]], [[Hillary Clinton]], and [[Tony Blair]] to discuss how Ukraine's assets would be carved up after the forthcoming [[Ukrainian coup]].
===Interference in [[2016 US presidential elections]]===
===Interference in [[2016 US presidential elections]]===