KYIV, April 18 – Businessman Ihor Kolomoisky has promised to return to Ukraine if comedian Volodymyr Zelensky is elected president of Ukraine.

In an interview with journalists from the Schemes: Corruption in Detail program (a project of U.S.-government funded Radio Free Europe /Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and UA:First), Kolomoisky said, "Of course I will [return to Ukraine]. I intended to do so earlier, but there is a lot happening there… [But I decided not to] to avoid election-related controversies…" The interview was aired as part of an investigative report, titled "The Beneficiary."