Alisher Usmanov retired for the second time

Billionaire Alisher Usmanov asked to be released from membership in the bureau of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) “in connection with his retirement and retirement from active work.” The BRIEF telegram channel was the first to publish a photo of the billionaire’s statement; later information about his request was confirmed by RBC and RIA Novosti sources in the RSPP. Usmanov had previously called himself a pensioner.

Details. In 2012, Usmanov told Forbes that he was giving himself another five years in business.

• Five years later, Usmanov noted in an interview with Reuters that he had already reached retirement age, without specifying whether he had retired. In 2018, the billionaire confirmed to Forbes that he is “by status and age” a pensioner, “who, due to the subjective circumstances of his biography, can afford to engage in those activities whose purpose is to give people pleasure, give beauty, help them achieve sports results, discover what -new in science."
• Usmanov’s application to resign from the board of the RSPP will be considered on January 25, RBC’s source clarified.
• According to the Icarus Flights service, the last flight of Usmanov’s business jet took place on February 28, 2022, he flew from Munich to Tashkent. Throughout the past year, the businessman did not appear at public events in Moscow. The businessman gave an October interview to Die Weltwoche in Tashkent.

Context. Some representatives of big business tried to distance themselves from the Russian authorities after the start of the war. Some, including Alfa Bank co-owners Pyotr Aven and Mikhail Fridman, did not return to Russia. And several people renounced Russian citizenship. Among them are Oleg Tinkov, Yuri Milner and Nikolai Storonsky.

• Usmanov came under sanctions from the EU, USA, UK and other countries after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He became the first businessman to challenge European sanctions in court.