Russian Oligarchs Sanctioned by the West for the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
Oleg Tinkov
Oleg Tinkoff, was born in Russia and became a naturalized United States citizen in 1996. In 2001, Tinkoffs First business, a Russian dumpling/frozen foods company called Daria, was sold to Roman Abramovich, another Russian on the Ukraine sanctions list.
On November 18, 2005, on Necker Island, owned by billionaire Richard Branson, Oleg Tinkov presented a draft or his proposal for his future Tinkoff Crdedit Services bank. In 2006 he acquired the Moscow Himmashbank from it created an online bank, which was a first in Russia. Despite setbacks in attracting investment at the start of the project, during the crisis of 2008 the bank showed a 50-fold increase in profits. In 2015 Tinkoff Credit Systems changed its name to Tinkoff Bank.
From 1996 to 2013, Tinkov filed U.S. tax returns. In late 2005 or 2006, Tinkov founded Tinkoff Credit Services (TCS). In 2013, when the value of Oleg Tinkov’s investment in his bank’s stock rose to over a billion dollars, Tinkov quickly renounced his U.S. citizenship and then lied to the IRS in a ploy to evade ‘exit taxes’ he knew were due,” Later Tinkov entered a plea to a felony and agreed to pay more than $500 million in taxes.
TinkovTinkov was arrested on Feb. 26, 2020, in London.
After he publicly criticized the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine in April 2022, he said officials of the Putin administration threatened to nationalize Tinkoff Bank, and he went into hiding after selling his 35% stake under pressure.
Tinkov has been critical of Vladimir Putin, in particular with regard to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Tinkov wrote on his Instagram page, on 19 April 2022, in Russian: "The generals, waking up with a hangover, realized that they had a shit army"
So why is he on the US/European Sanctions list?
Forbes and Forbes Russia do not consider Oleg Tinkov to be an oligarch, despite him having been sanctioned: "Tinkov is not an oligarch because he built an independent fortune without ties to the Russian government under either Boris Yeltsin or Vladimir Putin"
Well, Maybe it's got something to do with Tinkov's $100 million Yacht:
It is made to be able to cut through ice. This makes it an excellent vessel to carry you to uncharted lands like Antarctica and the Arctic region. Yachts are usually known to cover about five percent of the waters, including the Caribbean and the Mediterranean. However, the La Datch is a yacht that will take you to more exciting adventures. This yacht belongs to Tinkov, but he rents it out for weeks and even more than a month as it can stay on the water for forty-one days.
The icebreaker-yacht is capable of braving ice 30-40 cm in thickness while out at sea for 40 days at a time. The vessel boasts two jacuzzis, a sauna, a steam bath, a massage room and a gym. For lovers of active vacations, there’s a helipad with two helicopters thrown in, as well as snowmobiles and - wait for it - a mini submarine!
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/founder-russian-bank-pleads-guilty-tax-fraud
https://www.therichest.com/luxury-architecture/100-million-russian-yacht-arctic/
https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/332404-check-out-first-ever-private-incebreaker-yacht