Article by: Bohdan BenEditor’s Note
Ukraine’s aerospace company Motor Sich, producing mainly engines for helicopters and turbines, became Ukraine’s largest nationalization since the country’s biggest bank Privatbank was nationalized in 2016.The move put an end to previous Chinese attempts to control the enterprise and its technologies, which worried the Americans
Moreover, the Motor Sich director and former owner Viacheslav Bohuslaiev was arrested and accused of collaboration with the Russians. He was one of the main symbols of the post-Soviet oligarchy in Ukraine, which is now coming to an end. We trace the path of Ukraine’s helicopter czar from Soviet “Red director” to charged with treason.