They want to seize the assets of the co-owners of the USM group, which are located on the territory of Ukraine, as state revenue.
Alisher Usmanov
Ministry of Justice ii submitted a petition to the Great Anti-Corruption Court about application of sanctions to the Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, Andrey Skoch, Vladimir Skoch, Varvara Skoch, as well as Vladimir Streshinsky.
The press service of the Ministry of Justice reported this.
Alisher Usmanov is a Russian businessman, oligarch, in the ranking of Russian billionaires compiled for 2023, he ranks 8th with a fortune of $14.4 billion. Usmanov owns the Kommersant media resource, which takes a pro-Kremlin position and provides ideological support for the actions of the Russian leadership. ., Skoch V.A. and Stershinsky V.Ya., have a decisive influence on the activities of the group and subsidiaries operating in strategic areas for the Russian economy – in the metallurgy and mining industry, the telecommunications sector and the field of digital technologies, including Metalloinvest, MegaFon. , – the message says.
- Usmanov was sanctioned by Ukraine in October 2022.
- He was added to the EU sanctions list almost immediately after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. February, the EU Supreme Court refused to lift sanctions against Usmanov.
