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Sep 04, 2023 (newstodate): The name Igor Kolomoyski still rings familiar in not only Ukrainian, but also European aviation circles, and Mr Kolomoyski has now again been connected to "certain alleged irregularities."
   By the start of September, a Ukrainian court ordered Igor Kolomoyski to be held in custody for two months on suspicion of fraud and money laundering.
   The detention of Mr Kolomoyski, already under US sanctions and a one-time supporter of President Zelenskiy, comes as Kyiv is signaling progress during a wartime crackdown on corruption.
    In 2011, Mr Kolomoyski acquired 70 percent of shares in the Danish carrier Cimber Sterling through his Cyprus-based investment company Mansvell, injecting 165 mio Danish Kroner into the debt-ridden carrier that had flown on the brink of bankruptcy - and under this new ownership Cimber Sterling received its last blow forcing it to fold its wings in May 2012.  
   The name of Mr Kolomoyski will also ring familiar at the HQs of Swissport that from June 1, 2006, operated an airport handling JV with Ukraine International Airlines, Swissport Ukraine.  
   After several twists and turns, Swissport eventually lost all shares in the JV after a prolonged series of trials and court hearings, leaving the JV company renamed Interavia in the hands of Mr Kolomoyski and UIA.