A Russian oligarch who slammed Putin's invasion of Ukraine got taken off UK's sanctions list after he got Richard Branson to back him

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The UK lifted its sanctions against Russian tycoon Oleg Tinkov, who has been a vocal critic of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

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Putin ordered 2 Western corporate giants to be seized after Kremlin-friendly businessmen expressed an interest in them: report

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an awarding ceremony for Russian team members who won medals at the Winter Paraltmpic games on March 17, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.

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Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska slams his country's 'primitive' financial system, says it is 'bondage and usury based on state banks'

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Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska criticised the Russian financial system.

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Antigua and Barbuda is preparing to auction off an 'abandoned' $81 million superyacht linked to a Russian oligarch, reports say

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Alfa Nero in Venice, Italy.
The Alfa Nero in Venice, Italy.

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Russian oligarchs' superyachts have avoided the US west coast and the Mediterranean since Russia invaded Ukraine, heat maps show

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Heat map showing Russian oligarch yacht traffic across the world before and after the invasion of Ukraine, next to a picture of Roman Abramovich's superyacht Solaris.
Heat map showing Russian oligarch yacht traffic across the world before and after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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Meta allowed a Kremlin-linked oligarch to run Facebook ads calling for uprisings against pro-Western government in Moldova

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The logo of Meta, which owns Facebook, outside the company's California headquarters.

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