The US imposed sanctions against 26 of 105 Russian billionaires

After the introduction of US sanctions against Alfa Group shareholders Petr Aven, Mikhail Fridman, German Khan and Alexey Kuzmichev, 26 Russian billionaires found themselves under American restrictions , the Agency calculated. In total, according to the Forbes Real Time rating, there are now 105 people in Russia with a fortune of more than a billion dollars. At the same time, some businessmen who are associated with Vladimir Putin’s inner circle continue to remain exempt from sanctions.

What the top 20 Russian billionaires look like now :

• Andrey Melnichenko (under sanctions)
• Vladimir Potanin (under sanctions)
• Vladimir Lisin
• Leonid Mikhelson
• Alexey Mordashov (under sanctions)
• Vagit Alekperov
• Gennady Timchenko (under sanctions)
• Alisher Usmanov (under sanctions)
• Mikhail Fridman (under sanctions)
• Vyacheslav Kantor
• Mikhail Prokhorov
• Suleiman Kerimov (under sanctions)
• Viktor Rashnikov (under sanctions)
• Andrey Guriev (under sanctions)
• Roman Abramovich
• Tatiana Bakalchuk
• German Khan (under sanctions)
• Leonid Fedun
• Andrey Skoch (under sanctions)

The sanctions did not affect Leonid Mikhelson: as the Financial Times wrote , sanctions are not being imposed against him, as Washington fears a collapse of the liquefied gas market. Roman Abramovich, who personally met with Putin and Vladimir Zelensky after the start of the war in Ukraine, was also not subject to sanctions. not to impose sanctions against him As The Wall Street Journal wrote, Ukraine asked , since he is participating in peace negotiations.

Context . On Friday, the US Treasury announced the introduction of sanctions against the co-owners of Alfa Group Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven, German Khan and Alexey Kuzmichev, who have been trying to lift European and British restrictions for almost a year and a half.

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