Alfa Group stated that Fridman did not request Ukrainian citizenship

Alfa Group co-founder Mikhail Fridman did not negotiate on obtaining Ukrainian citizenship and transferring assets to the country, Alfa told RBC.Mikhail Fridman, HEAD of the Ukrainian anti-corruption agency, said the opposite in an interview.

One of the richest people in RUSSIA, co-founder of Alfa Group and the LetterOne holding, Mikhail Fridman, did not try to obtain Ukrainian citizenship and transfer assets there, a representative of Alfa Group told RBC.

“There were no negotiations on this topic, the information is not true,” he said.

The fact that Friedman is consulting with the Ukrainian authorities on the issue of obtaining citizenship and re-registration of assets was reported by the Ukrainian FORBES on June 9, citing the head of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, Alexander Novikov. Novikov noted that the re-registration of a business is beneficial to Ukraine, since the country will receive additional taxes, and the scenario itself "is also possible for other large Russian businessmen of Ukrainian origin." Friedman was born in Lvov.

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In February-March, shortly after the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, Fridman, who occupied 11th place in the Russian Forbes list in 2021 (a fortune of $ 15.5 billion), was included in the sanctions lists of the European Union and Great Britain. Along with him, other major shareholders of Alfa Group, Petr Aven, Alexei Kuzmichev and German Khan, fell under the sanctions . After that, they left their positions in the leadership of Alfa-Bank and LetterOne.

Friedman said on February 27 that “the current conflict is a tragedy for both peoples,” but he still faced sanctions, like many other Russian businessmen and officials. The European Union, for example, said that it "participated in the Kremlin's efforts to lift US sanctions imposed to counter Russia's aggressive policy towards Ukraine", "actively supported materially or financially and benefited" from leaders responsible for the annexation of Crimea and "destabilization of Ukraine ". The American SDN list, which implies blocking sanctions and isolation from the DOLLAR system, includes Alfa-Bank, one of the main assets of Alfa Group.

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The businessman told BLOOMBERG that he had never worked in government positions or in state-owned companies, and those who made the decision to include him in the sanctions list do not understand how Russia works . After the introduction of restrictions, he remained in London. At the end of May, Fridman and Aven challenged EU sanctions. They filed corresponding claims with the European Court in Luxembourg against the Council of the EU.

At the same time, in Ukraine, where the local Alfa Bank operates, Fridman's assets have been arrested, the amount of frozen assets is $420 million, said Prosecutor General of Ukraine Irina Venediktova. “Friedman and the businessmen controlled by him used the bank and Cypriot companies to raise funds from possible sanctions and other coercive measures,” she noted.

However, back in March, Fridman and other shareholders lost control of the bank. The right to vote on the majority stake was transferred to the ex-Minister of Finance of Bulgaria Simeon Dyankov, the new team is thinking about changing the name. According to the Ukrainian Forbes, the bank's shareholders planned to capitalize it by $1 billion. Roman Shpek, head of the Alfa Supervisory Board, argued that they want to support the bank so that it "remains manageable and continues to work for the benefit of the Ukrainian economy."