ANALYSIS. Is Zelensky in trouble now that his richest ally has been caught as a fraud?

The Ukrainian security services threw Ihor Kolomojsky behind bars on Saturday on suspicion of fraud. That oligarch was long known as one of the richest men in the country. But he was also the patron of Volodymyr Zelensky—and when the latter became president, he seemed to do everything he could to keep Kolomoysky out of harm’s way. Until the firing of a prime minister. The question is therefore whether the arrest will now also saw Zelensky’s chair legs.

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