The manager of the property of Russian billionaire and former co-owner of Alfa-Bank in Ukraine, Petr Aven, agreed to pay almost $1 million for evading sanctions. Bloomberg writes about this.
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Thousands of pounds sterling in cash seized from Aven's mansion outside London were also transferred in accordance with the “proceeds of crime” legislation.
Aven was accused of being a “pro-Kremlin oligarch”, but his lawyers rejected the charge.
The billionaire is separately seeking lifting UK sanctions against him. According to the lawyer, Aven's personal beliefs put him in a “position of opposition to the current regime.”
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