[5] Since then Khoroshkovskyi has been active in the furniture retail and trading business and has had stakes in dairy, soda, machinery and bus factories.

[5] After Khoroshkovsky's resignation as Economics Minister in January 2004 he was appointed vice president of steel giant Evraz, becoming its head in April 2006 either because of his connections or his 13-year friendship with Alexander Abramov.

[5] In December 2006 Khoroshkovskyi resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Evraz because of his appointment as the First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

[8] In June 2010, both Kanal 5 and TVi accused Khoroshkovskyi of abusing his power and influence to preserve monopoly control of Ukraine's media airwaves and limit objective news reporting.

[12] Khoroshkovskyi was a member of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) from 1998 until 2002[13] after winning a seat in the Krasnoperekopsk constituency,[14] representing the People's Democratic Party.

[16] Khoroshkovskyi was appointed minister of economy in December 2002 in the new Viktor Yanukovych government on recommendation of Labour Ukraine.

[20] On 19 April 2010 Khoroshkovskyi was appointed a staff member of the National Bank of Ukraine by President Viktor Yanukovych.

Khoroshkovskyi believes that the SBU should reduce public access to its archives and concentrate on its main task of being a secret service.

[24] According to Member of the European Parliament Elmar Brok (who met Khoroshkovskyi when Khoroshkovskyi hosted a luxurious dinner for MEPs in Brussels in November 2010) "he doesn't seem to understand that threatening the independence of the judiciary is one of biggest mistakes you can make when you are trying to build a new state, he doesn't seem to understand what are the proper limits of his mandate.

[31] In a 2012 interview to Deutsche Welle, Khoroshkovskyi claimed that Viktor Yanukovych was not being allowed to the European Union due to selective justice.