A former head of the Security Service of Ukraine under ex-president Viktor Yanukovych has returned to Ukraine and met with President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to an Oct. 10 investigation by the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty show Schemes.

Valeriy Khoroshkovsky is one of several Yanukovych allies who returned to Ukraine since Zelensky was elected president. The security official turned businessman is alleged to exert influence over Zelensky and may have longstanding ties with Russia, according to Schemes journalists.