On April 1, Russian news media reported that a confectionary factory in the Russian city of Lipetsk was surrounded by police.
The factory belongs to Roshen, the confectionary corporation of Petro
Poroshenko, Ukraine’s billionaire president. Since Poroshenko has yet to
deliver on his promise to sell his businesses once he became president,
there has been criticism of the conflicts of interest posed by his
Russian businesses and his political responsibilities to Ukraine.
