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For weeks, the people of Ukraine have been wrestling with this question: how come the most powerful man in Donetsk has not been able to suppress a rebellion there that is threatening to tear the country apart?

Rinat Akhmetov, a billionaire who sits atop an empire of coal mines, steelworks and power stations, has stood by as separatists prise large parts of eastern Ukraine from Kyiv’s grasp.

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