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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

Ukraine seeks to seize water company owned by billionaire family of British theatre mogul

Several bottles of Ukrainian bottled water on a shelf
The Patarkatsishvili family own a 34% stake in one of Ukraine’s main producers of bottled mineral water. Photograph: Andrii Tsynhariuk/Alamy

A British theatre impresario and her billionaire family are embroiled in a bitter dispute with Ukrainian authorities seeking to seize a water company they jointly own with a Russian oligarch.

The row centres on a 34% stake held in the producer of Ukraine’s biggest bottled water brands by the Patarkatsishvili family, including Liana Patarkatsishvili, who recently worked on an immersive show with Toby Jones and Meera Syal.

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