Some Russian oligarchs are cautiously speaking out against Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, including the son of a former KGB agent, bank founders and and one of Putin's own allies.
"President Putin, please stop this war," Evgeny Lebedev, the son of oligarch and former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev, wrote in a"As a Russian citizen I plead with you to stop Russians killing their Ukrainian brothers and sisters. As a British citizen I ask you to save Europe from war," Lebedev wrote in the statement published Monday.
Abramovich, who is one of the highest-profile oligarchs who is not on a sanctions list, AP notes, also said that he would set up a charitable foundation to benefit "victims of the war in Ukraine."The global community of wealthy Russians face sanctions, threatening their mansions, yachts and statuses at elite private schools as their country's invasion of Ukraine escalates.during the State of the Union address that "the U.S.
"We are joining with our European allies to find and seize your yachts, your luxury apartments, your private jets. We are coming for your ill-begotten gains," Biden said.
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