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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has stated non-interference into the process of selling his assets, for the implementation of which Rothschild company was hired, however he accused Russian authorities of preventing the deal.

“At present Russian authorities are preventing this sale … In any case, we should bring the process to an end,” hesaid in an interview with 1+1 TV Channel.

It was reported that Poroshenko had announced plans to sell his business assets, including candy factories, after his election as Ukraine’s president in the spring of 2014.