Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich played an early role in the Russian-Ukraine peace talks, but the process is now in the hands of peacekeeping teams. negotiation on both sides.
“He participated in the initial stage,” Peskov told reporters. “Now the negotiations are between the two teams, the Russians and the Ukrainians.”
Western governments have targeted Abramovich and several other Russian oligarchs with sanctions as they seek to insulate President Vladimir Putin and his allies over events in Ukraine.
Famous for his ownership of the English football team Chelsea, Abramovich put the club up for sale at the start of the Russian invasion. Still, the English league board removed the Russian from the team’s board. On Monday, protesters tried to prevent a yacht of Putin’s ally from docking in Turkey.
The UK has been tightening the siege against billionaires allied to the Russian government – many of them, in addition to businesses, are resident in the country. For decades, the UK has attracted wealthy foreigners who need to put their fortunes into safe, anonymous investments, facilitated by permissive legislation, says Susannah Fitzgerald of Transparency International.
France claimed to have frozen more than 800 million euros in assets of Russian oligarchs, although it did not reveal ownership of those resources. In practice, the measure prevents goods and assets from being used, traded or monetized.
*with information from Reuters
Source: CNN Brasil
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