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Sanctions on Russian oligarch donors hit Israel institutions

Billionaire Moshe Kantor has severed his longstanding ties to Tel Aviv University — joining a growing list of Russian Jewish oligarchs who have scaled back their philanthropic activities after coming under international sanctions for their ties to President Vladimir Putin

The Independent UK

Sanctioned Russian oligarch blasts country's 'massacre' on Ukraine in 'crazy war'

Russian oligarch and once billionaire Oleg Tinkov spoke out against Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine making him a rare dissenting voice from within the country's elite

Daily Mirror

Factbox-Seized or sailing away: What we know about oligarchs and their assets

The latest on Russia's oligarchs and their assets:

Reuters

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Exiled oligarch calls on Russian tycoons to declare Putin ‘war criminal’ over Ukraine

‘Public figures cannot leave quietly and then sit quietly,’ Mr Khodorkovsky said

The Independent UK

Russian banking oligarch moans that sanctions mean he 'can’t even pay in a restaurant'

Mikhail Fridman, who reportedly lives alone in Athlone House and has a net wealth of £11.9 billion, was sanctioned by the UK government on March 15

Daily Mirror

Russian oligarch complains ‘I can’t even pay in a restaurant’ after UK sanctions

‘I can’t even pay in a restaurant. I have to eat at home and I am practically under house arrest,’ he said

Evening Standard

Billionaire Russian oligarch sanctioned in UK complains he has to eat at home after credit cards blocked

He ranked as the 128th richest person in the world last year

The Independent UK

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Goldman Sachs Pauses Relations With Sanctioned Oligarch Linked PE Firm: FT

Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) and Kirkland & Ellis halted new business with Pamplona Capital Management, the Financial Times reports. Sanctioned oligarch Mikhail Fridman's LetterOne investment group accounted for 80% of the funds of the $9 billion private equity firm. Waystone, a Cayman Islands firm, resigned from every role with Pamplona funds on…

Benzinga

Freeze and seize? EU struggles to target oligarchs' assets

Oligarchs' wealth remains largely untouched in the European Union, weeks after Brussels approved measures to freeze the assets of dozens of billionaires and top officials linked to Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Three sanctioned Russian oligarchs quit board of Jewish philanthropic group they founded

Billionaires Petr Aven, Mikhail Fridman, and German Khan have stepped down from Genesis Philanthropy Group after pledging $10m to help Ukraine

The Independent UK

Welsh politician refuses to step down from investment firm with strong links to Putin's Russia

Mervyn Davies is chairman of Letter One, which is is worth £17bn and its major shareholders are Russian oligarchs linked to the Kremlin, Petr Aven and Mikhail Friedman

Wales Online

Meet the Russian oligarchs worth £100bn hit by new wave of UK sanctions

The oligarchs sanctioned today have a combined estimated worth of more than £100 billion, according to the Foreign Office.

Daily Mirror

Three more Russian billionaires resign from LetterOne board

Two UK-based oligarchs had shares in Holland & Barrett owner frozen last week

The Guardian - UK

How London became the place to be for Putin’s oligarchs

From its biggest private house to a disused tube station, London has long been an attractive place for the Russian president’s cronies to buy property. Their ill-gotten wealth permeated the capital at the expense of us all

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Meet the oligarchs: the Russian billionaires whose jets, yachts and mansions are now in the crosshairs

Some of Russia’s super rich are finding their assets in the west under threat of sanctions from the US

The New Daily

Meet Putin’s key oligarchs, their mega-yachts and billion-dollar bankrolls

Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov, Igor Sechin, Mikhail Fridman and others are the latest targets of sanctions imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Two UK-based Russian oligarchs have shares in $22bn conglomerate frozen

Action taken upon Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven by holding company that owns Holland & Barrett after EU imposed sanctions

The Guardian - UK

Oligarchs under EU and US sanctions linked to £200m in UK property

Guardian analysis comes as Boris Johnson under pressure to step up financial curbs over Ukraine invasion

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The Independent UK

Some Russian oligarchs speak out, cautiously, against war

Russia’s war on Ukraine has sent shockwaves through the global community of wealthy Russians who have built luxurious lives in the West while keeping close to the Kremlin

Daily Mirror

Who are the Russian oligarchs in the UK and what are their ties to Putin?

Russian oligarchs have put down deep roots in the UK since acquiring vast fortunes after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Some are reported to own luxury penthouses only steps away from Parliament

Reuters

Russian billionaire Fridman says: Ukraine war should stop

Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman said on Tuesday that the war in Ukraine was a tragedy and that it should stop.

Reuters

Russian billionaire Fridman to contest 'groundless' EU sanctions

After some of Russia's richest oligarchs were cut out the global financial system, billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Pyotr Aven vowed to contest European Union sanctions imposed in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine.

Daily Mirror

Two Russian oligarchs worth more than £11billion come out against Putin’s war on Ukraine

Oleg Deripaska, once Russia’s richest man and Mikhail Fridman, worth £9.6bn, have come out against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russian billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Oleg Deripaska speak out against Moscow’s Ukraine invasion

‘I can only join those whose fervent desire is for the bloodshed to end’

The Guardian - UK

Two top Russian billionaires speak out against war

Oleg Deripaska and Ukrainian-born Mikhail Fridman call for peace, as activities come under threat from sanctions

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