Bloomberg learned about Tinkov's request to London to lift sanctions

Oleg Tinkov, despite the renunciation of Russian citizenship and public condemnation of Moscow's policies, is still under British sanctions.Now he asked London to take into account his political position and lift the restrictions.Oleg TinkovOleg TinkovOleg TinkovOleg TinkovOleg Tinkov

The ex-owner of Tinkoff Bank Oleg Tinkov, who announced his renunciation of Russian citizenship in October 2022, asked the British Foreign Office to remove him from the sanctions list, writes Bloomberg. In a statement, he said that he supports anti-Russian sanctions .

“Removing sanctions from me would be fair and signal that Western sanctions are not aimed at all Russians, but only at those who support Putin and his invasion,” the agency quotes the text of the businessman’s appeal.

Tinkov's request, according to Bloomberg, was supported by the ex-owner of Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky (included in the register of foreign agents), who now lives in the UK. He also wrote a letter to the British Foreign Office calling for the lifting of sanctions against Tinkov. “I believe that the decision to impose sanctions against him was wrong,” he explained his decision, explaining that he considers it necessary to clearly link the lifting of sanctions with the public expression of his position by the banker. Tinkov has repeatedly opposed military operations in Ukraine.

Oleg Tinkov announced his decision to renounce Russian citizenship Politics

At the end of April, Vladimir Potanin's Interros announced the purchase of a 35% stake in Oleg Tinkov's family in TCS Group (the parent company of Tinkoff Bank). This happened less than two weeks after Tinkov turned to the "collective West" with a request to contribute to the end of hostilities. Tinkov claimed that the deal was made under duress.

In recent years, Tinkov has lived in the UK, where he was part of a course of treatment for leukemia. At the end of March, London imposed personal sanctions against the businessman, which included freezing accounts, a ban on the entry of his ships (including leased ones) into British ports and the acceptance of his aircraft at British airports. Entry into the country for Tinkov, however, London did not prohibit. On March 26, the UK lifted restrictions against Tinkov's planes and yachts, but restored them again four days later.

In response to a request to comment on the decision of Tinkov and the founder of the fintech startup Revolut, Nikolai Storonsky, to renounce Russian citizenship, the Kremlin stated that “in fact, they are now not participants in entrepreneurial life in our country.” “This is their right,” said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the president.

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