U.K. Government Removes Sanctions On Russian Tycoon Oleg Tinkov

Russian billionaire Oleg Tinkov (file photo)

The United Kingdom has removed sanctions on Russian billionaire Oleg Tinkov, who has called Moscow's war against Ukraine "crazy," and renounced his Russian citizenship in November last year. Tinkov's name disappeared from Britain’s' sanctions list on July 20 without explanation. The 55-year-old Tinkov, who has long resided outside of Russia to receive treatment for leukemia, has strongly criticized Moscow's aggression against Ukraine, launched in February 2022, after being targeted by British sanctions alongside other wealthy Russian businessmen over the war. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.