Six Russian billionaires from the Forbes list fell under US sanctions

The list included the co-owner of PhosAgro Guryev and his son, businessmen Viktor Rashnikov, Andrey Melnichenko and the head of the board of directors of the National Media Group Alina Kabaeva. Also under the sanctions were MMK,USA

The United States has updated the OFAC SDN Treasury Department sanctions list, which provides for the blocking of assets, isolation from the dollar system, by adding six Russian billionaires from the Forbes list. It:

former owner of EuroChem Andrey Melnichenko (9th place in the Russian Forbes-2022 rating, his fortune is estimated at $11.1 billion);

Chairman of the Board of Directors of MMK Viktor Rashnikov (18th place in Forbes-2022, $6.6 billion);

co-owner of PhosAgro Andrey Grigoryevich and his son, ex-director of the company Andrey Andreyevich Guryev (24th place, $4.8 billion);

co-owner of Sheremetyevo Alexander Ponomarenko (47th place, $1.9 billion);

former member of the Board of Directors of TMK Dmitry Pumpyansky (not included in the 2022 rating, in 2021 he took 62nd place).

The US Treasury explained that Guryev, Melnichenko and Ponomarenko do not own 50% of PhosAgro, EuroChem and Sheremetyevo Airport, respectively, these companies are not subject to sanctions.

The European Union imposed sanctions against Pumpyansky, Melnichenko and Guryev in early March.

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Also under the sanctions were the heads of administrations in the territories that came under Russian control after the start of the operation in Ukraine: the head of Mariupol Konstantin Ivashchenko, the head of the military-civilian administration of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo, his deputy Kirill Stremousov.

In addition to them, the head of the board of directors of the National Media Group, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva is on the list, in the American list she is ranked with Russia and Switzerland. Also, the deputy head of the Innopraktika Foundation, TV presenter Natalya Popova, fell under the sanctions.

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“These elites and businessmen work in sectors of the economy that bring significant income to the Russian regime, including from sources outside of Russia,” the US Treasury said in a statement.

Washington notes that Andrey Guryev is a "close associate" of Russian President Vladimir Putin. His son Andrei is also included in the list among the elite close to the Kremlin. Viktor Rashnikov is the majority owner and chairman of the board of directors of MMK, one of Russia's largest taxpayers.

In addition, the list included the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK), the Promising Industrial and Infrastructure Technologies Joint Stock Company and the State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK).

The United States also imposed sanctions against the Skolkovo Technopark and the Skolkovo Foundation, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology.

“The restrictions imposed by the United States do not have any impact on the operations of the Skolkovo Foundation. The Fund continues to perform the functions stipulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation and provide services in full... The indicated restrictions do not apply to project participants and their activities, ”the Skolkovo Foundation told RBC.

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Since the beginning of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, Western countries, including the United States, have already introduced several packages of sanctions against Moscow. The restrictions affected the top officials of the state, the banking and financial sectors, military and technology companies, as well as the reserves of the Central Bank.

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