Kolomoyskiy's lawyer appointed head of Ukraine's administration

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has appointed the lawyer of businessman Igor Kolomoyskiy, Andrey Bogdan, the head of presidential administration, the President’s press service reported.

"To appoint Andrey Bogdan the head of the administration of the Ukrainian President," the decree reads.

Previously, Bogdan served as Zelensky’s aide on legal issues, TASS reported.

Bogdan was an adviser to Kolomoisky when he was a regional governor in 2014. He served as one of Kolomoisky’s lawyers in the tycoon’s running legal battle with the government over PrivatBank, which Kolomoisky owned until 2016.