The Kyiv Post launched its 'Oligarch Watch' investigative series six years ago.

The then-independent newspaper started with President Petro Poroshenko.

The Kyiv Post, under then-chief editor Brian Bonner, and with the help of the Danish-funded My Media program — led by my fellow grumpy old man, Michael Andersen — launched its Oligarch Watch series six years ago.

We started with the biggest fish of all — then-President Petro Poroshenko, writing on the cover: “After winning a landslide election in 2014 following the EuroMaidan Revolution, President Petro Poroshenko's popularity has plunged as he concentrates hands and falls to lead and — critics say — even obstructs Ukraine’s war on corruption.

The front page graphic, “All in the Family,” shows how he has put loyalists and business associates in key places, much like Viktor Yanukovych did from 2010-2014, before he fled power in the EuroMaidan Revolution.

The cutline below the graphic reads: “This edition kicks off the Kyiv Post's "Oligarch Watch" series of profiles, starting with the nation's most powerful oligarch, President Petro Poroshenko. Subsequent editions will profile billionaires Rinat Akhmetov, Igor Kolomoisky and Victor Pinchuk. On March 2, 2012, the Kyiv Post published a front page with the same headline as today: "All In The Family." (See image on page 10.) The president then was Viktor Yanukovych who, despite installing loyalists in key positions, fled power on Feb. 22, 2014 during the EuroMaidan Revolution. Today, Poroshenko, after being elected in a landslide vote on May 25, 2014, is installing trusted loyalists to powerful posts, including some with questionable commitments to the national interest. Read more about this project and how to freely republish the articles in English, Ukrainian or Russian on page 10.”

The entire Oct. 7, 2016, edition can be read here in PDF format.