The United Kingdom (29) announced on Wednesday (29) a new package of sanctions against 13 Russians linked to Vladimir Putin’s government, including the country’s wealthiest businessman Vladimir Potanin and the president’s cousin, Anna Tsivileva.
Potanin has been a historical ally of Russian governments since the time of Boris Yeltsin and is known as the “Nickel King” because of the wealth amassed through the Nornickel company. According to Bloomberg’s ranking of billionaires, the king’s fortune is around $37 billion, making him the 33rd richest man in the world.
Tsivileva runs the mining company JSC Kolmar Group. The sanctions include both the freezing of linked assets in the UK and the ban on travel to the UK.
According to a government spokesman in an interview with British journalists, “As long as Putin continues his heinous attack on Ukraine, we will use sanctions to weaken the Russian war machine.”
Also, according to London, since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, on February 24, Potanin bought Rosbank and bought many shares of Tinkoff Bank.
source: Noticias
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