As the west ratchet up sanctions on Russia’s Billionaires – including a promise to “hunt down” their yachts, jets and mansions – Some of Russia’s wealthiest oligarchs, known for having close ties to president Vladimir Putin, are speaking out against his decision to invade Ukraine.
It comes as the value of the Russian Rouble has plummeted, costing the richest billions of dollars.
Al Jazeera’s Laura Burdon-Manley reports.
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Putin is shedding innocent blood. Innocent blood on his hands !. Dogs will lick his blood !.
Malicious schemers in several media organizations around the world are out to use me and control my life. They labelled me the “world” and say I am against “white teeth”. And they have a secret electromagnetic over-the-air device that can trigger all reactions in the body, including disease symptoms and pain, to coerce me physically and physiologically. Somebody please help me. Please say no to torture and oppression and the media’s secret electromagnetic offensive weapon.
I thought Putin was in the pocket of oligarch ? Wow reality make narative all over the place. They cannot keep the story straight anymore
🇺🇦 PEACE PUTIN 🇷🇺
Americans will make lot of money & are happy to see Russia & Ukraine at war
The problem that they are experiencing is that because of putin mistake they loosing billions.
Se les acabo la fiesta bronecas😁
Here are the oligarchs who are targets – Putin’s inner circle.
The economic sanctions from the Western world have stated targets: Putin’s inner circle, the oligarchs who moved huge fortunes and hid them. In addition to Vladimir Putin himself, there is a former KGB chief, the head of a diamond mine and a deputy prime minister, according to CNBC are among the oligarchs whose assets were frozen by sanctions from the West after the invasion of Ukraine “The elite close to Putin continues to use their proximity to the Russian president to plunder the Russian state, make themselves rich and elevate their family members to some of the highest positions of power in the country at the expense of the Russian people,” the US Treasury Department said in a statement. a statement, according to CNBC.
Members of the Security Council
Sergei Sergeyevich Ivanov is the son of Sergei Borisovich Ivanov. Ivanov senior was former head of the president’s executive office and deputy prime minister and defense minister. He later became the President’s Special Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport. He worked with Putin in the KGB, and is a permanent member of the Russian Security Council.
Sergei junior is the CEO of the state-owned diamond company Alrosa, and sits on the board of Gazprombank, one of Russia’s largest banks.
Andrei Patrushev, son of Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev. Nikolai Patrushev also served in the KGB with Putin. He later became head of the Russian security service. Patrushev is now secretary of the Russian Security Council, and was sanctioned as early as 2018. He is one of those said to be involved in the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko. Andrei Patrushev has held leading positions in Gazprom Neft, Russia’s third largest oil producer.
Secured agreements with BP
Ivan Igorevich Sechin, son of Igor Ivanovich Sechin. Igor Sechin is the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Rosneft, one of the world’s largest oil companies. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Russia between 2008 and 2012. He was also the one who secured a $ 16 billion deal with BP that gave the Russian company a five percent stake in the British oil company.
Sechin junior has a high position in Rosneft.
Alexander Alexandrovich Vedyakhin is the first vice chairman of the board of Sberbank, Russia’s largest financial institution.
Yuriy Alexeyevich Soloviev holds a leading position at VTB Bank, Russia’s second largest financial institution. He has previously worked for Lehman Brothers and Deutsche Bank in London. Soloviev is chairman of the board of the football club Dynamo Moscow.
Galina Olegovna Ulyutina. Soloviev’s wife has previously been accused of interfering with so-called “golden passports”, ie citizenship in exchange for investment, according to the US Treasury Department.¨
“Old KGB Poles”
The list published this week is different from the previous one, where “normal businessmen” were sanctioned, according to CNBC, which quotes William Cortney, former US ambassador to Kazakhstan and Georgia. “These are old KGB poles,” Cortney told CNBC. “They have more influence over policy decisions, such decisions that have led to the invasion of Ukraine.”
list the oligarch’s on the inter net with pictures. Lets see who they are.
Another Jew
Putin, show us who has ever won against Jew’s? You better rethink now, you are fighting with Zelensky a jew!
Billionaires all over the world put profits before people, just look at the US, a very good example.
All European countries shld implement extradition of Russian Oligarchs to Ukraine Capital.
Also everyone keeps forgetting when rusia was bombed their airports with Russian people were bombed. .
And it was investigated and people ofl governmentworking for the leader of ukrane were found guilty ..
Showing that the people of ukrane bombed rusiias airports and then there was subways ..that were bombed when investigated people from ukrane did this
Then there was subways and trains bombed when it was investigated it was found that certain political people that were working for the ukranes government were involved and when ..in the bombings .
&d when those people fell ill when the one man that survived 1] of chemical poison when asked who did this was it Russia or ukrane the man said the investigation showed that certain ukrane government people working for the government did the chemical drink ..
Then when ..they was years back about the chemical drink thay was given to 3 men and the bombings were a few years back every two years back for each bombing ..
I know czar putin had nothing to do with the bombing ..
That is not hos person to do that
It maybe a group of ruthless rusian men yey I know it is not what czar putin wanted
It may had been a accident not knowing the children were there
Or the children were there while there was fighting and wouldn’t leave their father ..& the fathers were shooting amd rusia military shot back and the men & children were killed to not want to leave their fathers fighting wars ..
A leader is not in charge of rogue military men not listening and doing what they want
It hapnes in USA military all the time there is military men that are ruthless rape kill and do all sorts of rude things and are put in prison for it ..
Sometimes there is accidents like in the gulf War when they showed babies and children in the street dead and called USA military baby children murderer in the 89s 80 s and 90s ..& then a few years while I kept researching I learned 3 & 5 & 7 & 10 & 12 & 18 & 36 years latter that the women were holding onto the men with ak47 amd the children were holding the mother and the man lifts his weapon*
To shoot at the military USA man I stood by those men and I knew something hapened same for this too ..
The one child years back he was being held hostage by the men in black ..
The rusian guy bombed the man in black and got the child out of there ..
Rusias military helps the world whe ever we been help they are so brave they go where Bo military man in the world goes only the Russians will go ..
I am not turning my back on russia ..
Has been treated rudely ..
And has always helped us all
If people would just talk nicely to people the world would be a better place ..
There is so many misunderstanding people overlooking & forgetting what hapened in the past and why it hapened .
When the contrscts expired and money ran out there has been this huge misunderstandings & miscomunication
& not acknowledging the truth ..
Amd I sen people in the news and everyone covered it up with people running out with trumps votes I seen it ..
Amd there is people who vote twice thos year and kast years they watched for it ..
And just because people didn’t se it doesn’t mean it s
Didn’t happen..
They were stuffing their sweaters and jackets and bags & running off with rhe votes ..& thays the truth it was on news media ..news media forgets and people in government forget ..
Irak ,afghanistan uraaaa..where are you biden 😆😆😆😆
These oligarch’s are MASS-MURDERS to
Putins millions should be sanctioned and used to rebuild Ukraine .
Propaganda. China has Russias back. They will take eastern Ukraine. Who cares. Their Russians anyway
I imagine this is not “The Great Reset” they had in mind.
Can’t say I have sympathy when the populations of Ukraine are loosing everything, some their lives. Russian poor too are in dire circumstances.
Yes, unfortunately, we must help people of both sides as much as we can
I think the real reason behind starting war is America. They dragged russia into it. Like they did long ago while dragging russia into Afghanistan.
Putin is a murderer. Destroy putin and his oligarchs. GOD BLESS UKRAINE. LONG LIVE UKRAINE 🙏❤️
Trying to protect their arses.
If they lose their money they will turn on putin just to save their money. They won’t care.
Don’t go to the garage then, you might feel a very sudden urge to commit suicide
No wonder Boris delayed to take any action with this Oligarch! He dodged when he was confronted in the commons!!
Wow good news hearing Putin’s influential people trying to persuade a man who can not be persuaded.
Anyway guys, wish you luck! your boss is going nuts nowadays.
If this trend continues Russia might find its Cassius Chaerea
They’re just hoping to get their money back. They’ve looked the other way and colluded with putin for years. Their only concern is their wealth. Every penny of that seized wealth should go to Ukraine for reparation.
Only Putin wanted this war. Even majority of the Russian soldiers didn’t even know why they crossed the boarder. They were told it was military drill, but was met with real bullets, and even when they asked the commanders wtf is going on, they were told to be silent and drive… all this death and destruction was COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY
Opinion is divided between one Putin and the whole world….
It’s NOT a conflict!
It IS a WAR!
Putin throw a bomb on oekraïn 👍
I million for Putins head ? Someone should start a gofundme to up the bounty.Can you imagine how much that would bring in right now?I could see Lavrov insisting Putin have some of his tea
Russian businessman Alexi Konanykhin has put a 1 million dollar bounty on Putin’s head. Now there isn’t a single human being alive on the face of planet earth that wouldn’t do some form of dog trick for money. This includes Russian military commanders and politicians, so they are in the best position to arrest him and bring him to justice. It is The Russian people who need to be the ones who put him down, in order to send a symbolic message to the world that The KGB is dead, and they are no longer interested in being viewed as a tyrant country.
The world will more peaceful without USA. Long live Putin Long live Rusia. Uraa 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
Long live Putin and Russia.
Qatar is too insignificant to think its propaganda will deter Russian Bear.
It amazes me how evil Putin and hes regime are.
why are they talking now, because what money is disappearing from their account? pathetic
Humanity, please, take this seriously and help us. Not just because people are dying(including kids). But because if we don’t do something against this disease called “russia” now – it will spread and will come for you in future. Putin has built an empire of lies, corruption, fear, death and suffering – and he wants to conquer the whole world. Right now Ukraine is fighting for the future of mankind – so, please, do anything you can to support it. Send money/food/medicine, talk to your friends and tell them russia is bombing peaceful cities killing hundreds each day – do anything you can to help. Thank you. Glory to Ukraine, eternal shame to russia.
PUTIN STOP THE WAR !
All these Russians will be ok
I want to see all the rich wiped out(meaning money drained in equal opportunity and peace andin the poor to have everything that they’ve taken from them. Like I said a hundred billion dollars 640 billion dollars and people can’t even get a male or pay rent or have clean water etc instead you’re putting innocent lives at risk you evil evil men shame on you
Money talks.
Shame on all you evil evil organizations spreading lies and pinning people against each other laying heavy burdens on people and putting them in harm
39 billion is nothing. I want to see all of it go to the suffering. Back to the people. I made my peace with it God bless you all
I like to see all the online schemes go down to and people are getting paid every time someone takes a step.
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China: We will support both sides Russia and NATO to blast each other.
All the oligarchs will make Putin disappear for good,
Take out Putin
Now the FBI have to go to Florida and arrest trump, arresting trump will shut trump off from inciting pro Putin rhetoric and then arrest Carlson for actually praising Putin,that is as anti American as anyone can get and he is American,
Give Putin the Russian equivalent of a sacking ( an ak 47 send off
The oligarches say whatever be said to make them safe of all detriments, if their gain is being in danger or something might make their gain safe,they choose each side that gives them advantage
Money talks!
What propaganda again. Russia and its billionaires can survive 100 years in bunkers just fine. They know very well that this war is not going to end without Crimea now or in 100 years. The citizens but not only there are the losers(Manroe doctrine)
Now no one like Russia billionaires crumbles very good
if Russia take any piece of land of Ukraine, sanctions will be on for years. Russia cant live years under sanctions.
I think it’s hilarious that we are making Russia broke
Stop buying from them .
They’re not free you pay shipping and handling and then if you want to pay or you pay double shipping and handling two pair of socks shouldn’t cost any more than the first shipping and handling that they lied again they’re not free look in the dictionary free means free do you say free and then you put shipping and handling when you put all your information and to me that’s another form of fraud
These gangsters have to get rid of Putin.
Someone needs to Jamie Lanister the Mad King.
While the oligarchs are losing billions putin has his 218 billion in off shore accounts the first thing he did before invading ukraine was to move his 112 million euro yacht out of germany in case it was destroyed
Russian oligarchs playing a game of ‘who doesn’t want to be a millionaire’🤣
Putin made them billionaires. This is just lip service. They don’t care if every Ukrainian and Russian dies. Lip service.
the longer this goes on, the more the chance that Putin WILL be removed from power
Ya gotta wonder where all these people were before the invasion.
because their businesses have been severely beaten by us/west sanctions as the collateral damage of their country’s war even though it’s the long-term security of their country that is at stake which is the primary reason why their leader pushed the war no matter what it takes😔
This is propaganda at its finest.
Stop Putin then!
Watch my videos Guys
Why Pŕes. Putin chose war. He’s life in Russia is successful and he have beautiful life sorounding many friends
Putin and his rich pals are all scumbags, so greedy.
The only reason they’re calling for peace is because now it’s affecting their money.
Time to take the money from them and give it to Ukraine.
These oligarchs are simply making the right noises in the hope that western governments will let them hold on to their assets. Before they speak to the West they call their benefactor and boss Tsar Vlade and assure him their forthcoming lies are intended to deceive the West. Only idiots would believe these kleptocrats’ niceties designed for western consumption.
Non seems to be paid attention by putin
Baunty hunter for Putin’s head
PUTIN’S BILLIONAIRE FRIENDS KNEW THIS WAS COMING, IM SURE THEY WHERE PREPARED
The Ukrainians could use more funds to pay the Russian soldiers to surrender, you know. Or they could place a Kickstarter to slip a heart attack pill to Putin in their food or drink. PUTIN IS A MONSTER ZOMBIE THAT MUST BE ENDED. NOW!
Makes you wonder if they really had this wealth to begin with.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN KEYS TO REIN IN MR CRAZY 🤣 ALL IT DOES IS MAKE SANCTIONS UNBEARABLE & CONTUE TO THEM LOOSEING PROFIT 👍
So we all agree that we hate Russian Oligarchs and Putin as well as the Kremlin?
Good to know.
“There are on the surface of life in this world, constant wars. We’re more aware of them today than any civilization has ever been because of media. The world is in conflict. It is in endless conflict. The conflict never ends. It is in every level. It is in human relationships. It is in the family. It is among family members, extended family members. It is in communities, it is in cities, it is in states, it is in nations, it is between nations. We are very aware of massive, massive conflict in the world. It is a very difficult world to live in. The curse is apparent to everyone. But for all that we see, there is a far greater spiritual was going on that rages at more extensive and more formidable and more consequential levels than anything you can see and that is the war between God and Satan, between God’s truth and Satan’s lies. That goes on all the time. It is an endless battle.”
– Paul’s Gospel Ministry Confirmed Part 1 by John MacArthur, 2017
Too little too late. Seize their property and expel them!
Алексей Конаныхин обратился в Facebook к российским офицерам с призывом арестовать президента Владимира Путина. Он пообещал выплатить награду в один миллион долларов тому, кто арестует Путина. Вот что он пишет: “Я обещаю выплатить $1 000 000 тем офицерам, которые, выполняя свой конституционный долг, арестуют Путина как военного преступника в соответствии с российским и международным законодательством. Как этнический русский и гражданин России, я считаю своим моральным долгом содействовать денацификации России. Я буду продолжать помогать Украине в ее героических усилиях противостоять натиску путинской орды. Если достаточное количество других людей сделают подобные заявления, это может увеличить шансы на арест Путина и суд над ним. Напав на свободное и суверенное государство Украина, Путин стал международным военным преступником, который больше не имеет законного права руководить Россией. Г-н Конаныхин сказал, что г-н Путин также серьезно нарушил конституцию России, отменив свободные выборы и убивая своих оппонентов. Конаныхин рассказал Business Insider, что готов заплатить вознаграждение из собственных средств, чтобы показать, что военное нападение на Украину осуществляется не от его имени.
Proof?
They are only worried about their money. If their are no sanctions then they do support Putin
I appeal to all kind, decent, sane, peaceful people of the planet. Whether you like this information or not, take it into consideration and think about it. European countries are our friends! Ukrainians are our brothers! Today, a very difficult situation has developed for the entire European space. You must understand that it was the United States that unleashed this confrontation. The leadership of the United States, European and many other countries, the criminal leadership of Ukraine knew 100% that Russia would never allow the NATO bloc to enter the territory of Ukraine. And if they knew, then they deliberately went for it !!! Two fraternal peoples pushed their foreheads together and now our people are dying there. After all, it turns out that for ordinary citizens of Ukraine, Russia is now really “attacked.” And for Russia, this is a forced protective measure. It was necessary to urgently intervene, otherwise the army of Ukraine and the punitive nationalist battalions would have destroyed the people of Donbass, which had already suffered from shelling for 8 years. And then they would go to my native Crimea! Therefore, negotiations in Belarus will lead nowhere. How can you negotiate with “those” who work for the United States, for whom war is the main goal. It’s like turning on two green traffic lights at an intersection. Now the United States is causing economic damage not only to Russia, but to the whole of Europe. The corrupt Ukrainian leadership will now stir up the confrontation to the last, instead of calling on people to lay down their arms. They are well aware of what awaits them. They understand that Russia came just for them! Russia has never attacked anyone in history, but only defended itself. Now it is very important to extinguish this blazing flame as soon as possible! But instead, the Europeans go to fight in Ukraine and supply weapons. Do you understand how this could end? Guess who will be in the black from everything that happens!? Thanks to whom your countries are populated by refugees? The United States bombed dozens of countries, dropped atomic bombs on peaceful cities! USA is the main enemy of the whole world! Do not blindly believe, figure it out! Disgusting, deceitful videos have flooded the internet. Millions of videos! We will show and prove to you the truth!!!!!!!!!!!
These oligarchs should be thrown in a reactor together with putin
This war situation create by usa and many innocent people going to die because of one foolish comedian president
K1LL TH1S B4ST4RD 4S4P!!!
(4ND ST1NKY L4VROV, ETC.)
If you did not freeze all their assets , would a single one of these fellows speak out?