A $600 million Superyacht, Swiss mansions, and billions in assets at stake: Governments are hitting some of Russia’s richest citizens with sanctions over the Ukraine war
U.S. and European governments have imposed sanctions on Russian oligarchs in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Here is a look at several of these billionaires and some of the superyachts, mansions, companies and other assets they own.
Alisher Usmanov is the majority owner of Russian telecom MegaFon, which sponsored English soccer team Everton until the team recently suspended the pact and removed the company’s branding from the stadium. Mr. Usmanov previously was part owner of the Arsenal soccer club.Mr. Usmanov paid $8.8 million at auction in 2019 for the original 1892 manifesto of the Olympics and donated it to the Olympic Museum. He was an early investor in Facebook and owns several properties in the U.K.
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