The sanctions were supposed to wake up the Russian oligarchs to demand the end of the ethnic cleansing. That hasn't worked. While the oligarchs are feeling the pain, the invasion is continuing because Putin puts himself on a different level, as the oligarchs exist at the pleasure of Putin himself. The oligarchs are the moneymakers that have allowed Putin to invade Ukraine. It is time for The West to take back what rightfully is not the Russians.
Through Putin's wallets, (click here) which are being emptied by sanctions, America and Europe hope to reach Putin and his "voice of reason." But this is a grave mistake by the West which perceives an economic threat as an existential threat to power. "As far as Putin is concerned, you can strip down the oligarchs to their underwear, put them in the city square, and he wouldn’t bat an eye,” one of Russia's richest men, who personally knows a large number of famous oligarchs, told Calcalist.
"You could say it's already happened - everyone already understands that the money is gone. The money in banks in Russia is no longer worth anything, and the banks outside Russia have mostly closed the oligarchs’ accounts, or, in a best case scenario for them, their assets have not been frozen yet. Even their children are being thrown out of prestigious boarding schools and universities. Putin himself doesn’t really care. He has completely isolated himself in recent years from everyone." The longing to isolate himself, which he has talked about for the past decade, was fueled by the two years of the pandemic, in which he moved away from everyone and secluded himself - ostensibly so as not to catch Covid, in light of his advancing age....
Ukraine is suffering and it is due to Russia. When the seige is over and it will be over, Ukraine will have to rebuild the country and reestablish it's sovereign boundaries. Ukraine will have to rebuild the infrastructure. All that is a tragedy brought on by oligarchs affiliated with Putin. It is only correct that Ukraine have the assets of these people to rebuild their country. It is right to take the oligarchs assets and end their lavish lifestyles whlle Ukrainians die.
This is the second report of people being killed while waiting in bread lines. Jimmy Hill is an American caring for a sick friend and he was trying to find his way out of Ukraine. These bread lines are being deliberatly targeted to kill innocent people.
Jimmy Hill, 67, was shot dead in Chernihiv on Wednesday while lining up to buy bread from a grocery store
Major holdings: There are no known assets under his control, and his fortune is estimated in the broad range of $ 0.2-2.5 billion.
Alexei Mordashov
Alexei Mordashov
Main holdings: The richest man in Russia; Owners of Severstal, one of the largest metal manufacturers in the world; Controlling shareholder in global tourism giant TUI; The owner of National Media Group, which owns many media outlets in Russia; The owners of the Lenta retail network and the owners of the cellular operator Tele2Russia.
Gennady Tymchenko
Gennady Tymchenko
Major holdings: Founded the oil trading company Gunvor, which mediates between the Russian oil giants and potential customers. Sold most of its holdings to its Western partner the day before the 2014 sanctions; owners of Novatek, Russia's second-largest gas producer, among the controlling shareholders of Rossiya Bank, which is considered the financier of senior government officials.
Brothers Boris & Arkady Rotenberg
Brothers Boris & Arkady Rotenberg
Main holdings: SMP Bank, Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport and a number of construction companies, led by SGM, Russia's oil and gas infrastructure giant.
Vladimir Potanin
Vladimir Potanin
Main holdings: Nornickel, one of the largest metal companies in the world.
Vagit Alekperov
Main holdings: LUKOIL, Russia's largest oil producer.
Main holdings: LUKOIL, Russia's largest oil producer.
Alisher Usmanov
Main holdings: Metalloinvest, the largest mining and metals conglomerate in Russia; MegaFon, the second largest cellular operator in Russia; and he is one of the largest investors in Yuri Milner's DST investment fund, so he actually owns shares in Twitter, Zynga, Airbnb and more.
Roman Abramovich
Roman Abramovich
Main holdings: He is the controlling owner of the metal mining company EVRAZ and Chelsea Football Club.
Mikhail Fridman
Mikhail Fridman
Main holdings: The Alfa and LetterOne holding groups, which own a German oil company, a cellular operator in Turkey, a cellular operator in Russia, Alfa Bank, one of the largest private banks in Russia, and the X5 network, the largest retailer in Russia.
German Kahn
Main holdings: Partner in the Alfa and LetterOne holding groups.
Viktor Vekselberg
Main holdings: Renova Investment Company
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Main holdings: The Quadrum Global Fund, which invests primarily in real estate in Europe and the United States. Finances a number of news sites in Russia that publish material against Putin's rule.
Mikhail Prokhorov
Mikhail Prokhorov
Main holdings: Onexim Bank.
Leonid Mikhelson
Leonid Mikhelson
Main holdings: CEO and founder of Novatek, Russia's second-largest gas producer owned by Gennady Timchenko; controlling shareholder of the chemical company Sibur, which he bought from Putin's son-in-law.
Arkady Yurievich Volozh
Arkady Yurievich Volozh
Main holdings: Yandex founder, "The Russian Google", which started as a search engine and e-mail service, but has expanded to almost all areas of life, including news, taxis, streaming services, online commerce and in recent years also an autonomous vehicle, which it develops, among other places, in Israel.
Yuri Milner
Major holdings: Among the owners of DST, who were among the first to invest in Facebook, Twitter, Airbnb, Spotify, Xiaomi and Alibaba.
Pavel Durov
Main holdings: Telegram
