Sanctions regime put to legal test in UK as oligarch seeks release of assets Eugene Shvidler’s high court case could set precedent on delisting of sanctioned individuals The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2023
Alexei Navalny ally quits after urging EU to drop sanctions against oligarchs Leonid Volkov resigns post at opposition leader’s Anti-Corruption Foundation after letters come to light The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2023
Uber hired oligarch-linked Russian lobbyist despite bribery fears Leak shows firm made effort to court several billionaires and state officials allegedly aligned with Vladimir Putin The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022
The Moscow moves: how Mandelson’s firm helped Uber reach Russian elite Leak shows how the former Labour minister used his access to pro-Kremlin oligarchs, including some now under sanctions The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022
Russians flock to EU court in long-shot bids to undo sanctions Russian billionaires hit by European Union sanctions over Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine are flocking to the bloc’s courts in an attempt to extricate themselves from the EU’s target list of rich individuals. History shows their chances of lasting success are slim. Tribune News Service · Jun 8, 2022
Sunday Times Rich List 2022: Full list of wealthiest people in the UK There were a record 177 billionaires in the UK, according to the figures Manchester Evening News · May 20, 2022
Sunday Times Rich List shows UK's elite now worth £710BILLION - see league table Billionaire brothers Sri and Gopi Hinduja have been named the wealthiest people in the UK, according to the 2022 Sunday Times Rich List. The super rich siblings are worth £28.47billion Daily Mirror · May 20, 2022
Rich List 2022: Billionaire brothers and vacuum tycoon James Dyson named richest in UK There are a record 177 billionaires in the UK Wales Online · May 20, 2022
Rich List 2022: Who are the wealthiest people in the UK? There were a record 177 billionaires in the country, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. The Independent UK · May 20, 2022
Ukrainian court seizes assets of Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman - prosecutor general A Ukrainian court has seized assets of Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman worth 12.4 billion hryvnia ($420 million), Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said on Monday. Reuters · May 16, 2022
Revealed: The true scale of Russian-owned property in London is far greater than official records show New analysis into offshore data shows there are 1,895 Russian-owned properties in London, over three times higher than official records show Evening Standard · May 11, 2022
Microsoft Subject To Dutch Penalties In Russia-Linked Bank Bankruptcy A Dutch Court ordered Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) to allow bankruptcy trustees appointed to the Russia-linked Amsterdam Trade Bank to access its data or face damages, Bloomberg reports. Netherlands declared ATB, a lender linked to Russia's Alfa Group, bankrupt after U.S. and U.K. sanctions paralyzed its payment systems. ATB had 23,000 private account holders and 6,000 customers in… Benzinga · May 4, 2022
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 · Apr 26, 2022
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 · Apr 20, 2022
Reuters · Apr 5, 2022 Factbox-Seized or sailing away: What we know about oligarchs and their assets The latest on Russia's oligarchs and their assets:
The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2022 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
Daily Mirror · Mar 30, 2022 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
Evening Standard · Mar 28, 2022 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
The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2022 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
Benzinga · Mar 25, 2022 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…
Reuters · Mar 24, 2022 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.
The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2022 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
Wales Online · Mar 18, 2022 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
Daily Mirror · Mar 15, 2022 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.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2022 Three more Russian billionaires resign from LetterOne board Two UK-based oligarchs had shares in Holland & Barrett owner frozen last week