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L to R: Roman Abramovich (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis), Andrey Melnichenko (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell), Vagit Alekperov (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
December 30, 2024, 6:56 pm
Roman Abramovich among chemical tycoons fueling Ukraine war, exposé finds
Five companies — one linked to Russian-Israeli billionaire — supplied 75% of chemicals shipped to Russian explosive factories from war’s start to September 2024, Reuters finds
By Stephen Grey, John Shiffman and Grant Smith
People eat at a fast food restaurant, Vkusno-i Tochka, in a former McDonald's outlet in Bolshaya Bronnaya Street in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
December 27, 2023, 1:41 pm
Was Russia’s McDonald’s franchise sold to a straw man for supersized profits?
With sanctions on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, burger giant McDonald’s ostensibly retreated. Recordings depicting the chain’s sale suggest it wasn’t all kosher
By Ksenia Svetlova
File: Russian businessman, co-founder of Alfa-Group Mikhail Fridman attends a conference of the Israel Keren Hayesod foundation in Moscow, Russia, September 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool, File)
August 12, 2023, 3:43 am
US sanctions Russian-Israeli billionaire Mikhail Fridman, 3 others
‘Wealthy Russian elites should disabuse themselves of notion they can operate business as usual,’ deputy treasury secretary says
By AP and ToI Staff
File: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, congratulates members of the Russian delegation after Russia was announced being the host for the 2018 soccer World Cup in Zurich, Switzerland, December 2, 2010. From left: famous conductor Valery Gergiyev, businessman Roman Abramovich, and Nizhny Novgorod governor Valery Shantsev. (AP Photo/Alexei Nikolsky, pool)
April 12, 2023, 9:13 pm
Fresh US, UK sanctions target oligarch Roman Abramovich’s ‘financial fixers’
Individuals in Cyprus helping to cloak wealth of Russian billionaires added to blacklist, part of latest efforts against supporters of Putin’s Ukraine war
By AFP
A screenshot from Google Maps shows the luxury rental property in the coastal city of Herzliya, whicj the US Treasury Department listed as the address of Russian-Israeli businessman Sergei Adonyev in sanctions announced on January 27, 2023. (Google Maps screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 27, 2023, 8:20 pm
Russian-Israeli businessman hit in latest batch of US sanctions over Ukraine war
Sergei Adonyev, who is accused of acting as financier for Putin, is listed as living at a rental luxury property in Herzliya
By ToI Staff and AP
File: Russian businessman, co-founder of Alfa-Group Mikhail Fridman attends a conference of the Israel Keren Hayesod foundation in Moscow, Russia, September 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool, File)
December 4, 2022, 3:46 am
Russian-Israeli billionaire Mikhail Fridman reportedly arrested in UK
Source close to Alfa Group businessman tells state-owned news agency that oligarch is suspected of violating sanctions imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine
By ToI Staff
Caesarea mansion on sale with 42% reduction, October 2022 (via Sotheby International Realty)
October 28, 2022, 9:06 am
Once the most expensive property in Israel, baroque palace gets 40% price cut
Russian billionaire’s luxury mansion in Caesarea has failed to sell for nearly two years
By Danielle Nagler
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and Russian metals magnate Oleg Deripaska, right, walking to attend the APEC Business Advisory Council dialogue in Danang, Vietnam, November 10, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
September 29, 2022, 10:59 pm
Russian oligarch tied to Putin charged with violating US sanctions
Oleg Deripaska accused of lying to evade penalties ‘despite cozy ties with Kremlin’; another three charged in scheme to ensure his child was born in US
By Larry Neumeister
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, poses for a photo with USM Holdings founder, businessman Alisher Usmanov during an awarding ceremony in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, January 26, 2017. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
September 27, 2022, 4:13 pm
German authorities raid yacht linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch
Suspect identified as Alisher Usmanov, a close ally of Vladimir Putin; he is suspected of breaching sanctions and money laundering rules, officials say
By AP and ToI Staff
Ukrainian soldiers released in a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine, hold the Ukrainian flag close to Chernihiv, Ukraine, Sept. 21, 2022. (Ukrainian Security service Press Office via AP)
September 22, 2022, 12:12 pm
Russia frees 215 Mariupol defenders in swap for Putin oligarch ally and 54 others
Kyiv says it secured freedom for hundreds who fought at Azovstal in exchange for Ukrainian pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk; deal mediated by Saudi Arabia, Turkey
By Karl Ritter
Luxury yacht 'Eclipse' belonging to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, is docked at the Aegean coastal resort of Marmaris, district of Mugla, on March 22, 2022 (Fatih Cetin/AFP)
August 28, 2022, 4:47 pm
Oligarch super yachts avoid international sanctions in neutral Turkey
11 yachts, including four belonging to Roman Abramovich that together are worth more than $1 billion, reportedly docked along Turkey’s coast
By ToI Staff
President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with gymnast Alina Kabaeva at a Kremlin banquet in Moscow, Russia, Nov. 4, 2004 . (ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service/AP)
August 3, 2022, 7:46 am
US slaps sanctions on Alina Kabaeva, Putin’s rumored girlfriend
US Treasury says it has frozen visa of Alina Kabaeva, a former Olympic gymnast who runs media company promoting Ukraine invasion; oligarch Andrey Grigoryevich Guryev also hit
By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Hennady Korban attends a hearing in his corruption trial in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 25, 2016. (Serhii Nuzhnenko/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images/JTA)
July 28, 2022, 3:28 am
Zelensky said to strip 3 Jewish oligarchs of citizenship; all hold Israeli passports
Igor Kolomoisky, Hennadiy Korban, Vadim Rabinovich — major backers of Jewish causes — also have strong patriotic credentials, so president’s reported move puzzles some observers
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Left to right: Mikhail Fridman (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images), Petr Aven (Alexander Aleshkin/Epsilon/Getty Images ), Moshe Kantor (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images), Roman Abramovich (Ian Walton/Getty Images) All images via JTA.
July 12, 2022, 7:52 am
With their planes grounded, Russia’s Jewish oligarchs see consequences of Putin ties
With no end in sight to invasion of Ukraine, effect of sanctions ripples through world of Jewish philanthropy
By MADELINE FIXLER and Asaf Shalev
Roman Abramovich, former owner of Chelsea, smiles following the team's victory during the UEFA Champions League in Porto, Portugal, on May 29, 2021. (Alexander Hassenstein/UEFA/Getty Images via JTA)
May 26, 2022, 3:01 pm
Sale of Chelsea FC by Russian-Israeli billionaire Abramovich okayed by Portugal
As a Portuguese passport holder sanctioned over his ties to Putin, billionaire required approval of the deal by Lisbon, which says profits will be used for humanitarian purposes
By AP
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