Oleg Tinkov, one in all Russia’s richest names and one of many first to react to the conflict with Ukraine, introduced that he had renounced his Russian citizenship.
“A SHAME FOR ME”
“I’ve determined to resign my Russian citizenship. I do not need to be related to a rustic that kills its neighbor and harmless folks daily. It is a disgrace for me to proceed holding this passport,” Tinkov mentioned on Instagram on Monday.
SOLD SHARES TO POTANIN
Tinkov, 54, died in April, Bloomberg reported. RussiaHe was one of many first to react to the conflict. Every week later, he bought his household’s stake to oligarch Vladimir Potanin for an undisclosed sum, after Tinkoff Financial institution’s deputy chief executives resigned and the financial institution’s founder introduced plans to take away his identify from the model.
Tinkov, who was sanctioned by the UK in March, mentioned he hopes extra Russian enterprise folks can even resign their citizenship. I really like all of the Russians who’re he mentioned.
HE IS NOT THE ONLY BILLIONARY LIMITED OF CITIZENSHIP
Tinkov just isn’t the one rich Russian to be stripped of their citizenship. Nikolay Storonsky, 38-year-old CEO of London-based Revolut Ltd., additionally determined to resign his Russian citizenship. Storonsky is included within the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a internet value of $6.7 billion.
One other billionaire with Storonsky Yuri Milner additionally determined to resign his citizenship in August. The 60-year-old Israeli billionaire, who has a internet value of $3.5 billion and was born in Moscow, left Russia together with his household after the 2014 invasion of Crimea.
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