Great Britain lifted sanctions on Friedman's ex-wife Fridman's

ex-wife Olga Aiziman fell under sanctionsBritain, implying an asset freeze, 13 April.Now London has taken her off the list

The British authorities have removed Olga Aiziman, the ex-wife of Alfa Group founder Mikhail Fridman, from the sanctions list, according to a document on the website of the British government.

The restrictions were imposed on Aiziman on April 13, and on August 3 they were lifted: the document says that her assets are no longer subject to freezing.

Aiziman is also under EU sanctions. In Brussels, justifying their introduction, they said that she was connected with Fridman, who "supported materially or financially and benefited from those responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilization of Ukraine."

In addition, CANADA imposed sanctions against Aiziman and Fridman's daughters Ekaterina and Larisa. A businessman living in the UK is also subject to UK, EU and Canadian restrictions. At the end of May, he filed a lawsuit with the European COURT of Justice in Luxembourg against the EU Council demanding that the sanctions be lifted.

Aven and Friedman challenged in the EU court the decision to impose sanctions against them Politics

Friedman and Aiziman met while studying at the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISiS, a businessman graduated from it in 1986), in marriage they had two daughters. The couple divorced in 2007.

After the introduction of restrictions, Fridman left the board of directors of Alfa-Bank, LetterOne, Veon, X5 Retail Group. He reproached the authors of the sanctions for not understanding RUSSIA, since, according to him, businessmen cannot influence the decisions of the country's leadership on a military operation in Ukraine (he had previously called the conflict a tragedy for both peoples). Friedman also noted that he had problems even with small expenses, such as paying for cleaning services.

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After the imposition of sanctions, the authorities of European countries began to freeze the property of Russian billionaires. For example, in May, Nice-Matin reported on the arrest of the 580 sq. m. villa Copab in France. m, which, according to him, belongs to the Friedman family. The newspaper wrote that in the 1990s, the property was acquired by Akinita, later renamed SNC COPAB. The material said that until 2015 this company belonged to Aiziman, and then 99% of its shares were transferred to Friedman's daughters.

FORBES estimates Friedman's net worth at $13.2 billion.