Ukraine's Security Service puts Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman on wanted list

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has put sanctioned Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman on the wanted list. 

Source: Skhemy (Schemes, a Radio Liberty project focused on investigations) with reference to a notice on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Details: The date of the oligarch's disappearance is indicated as 10 October of this year.

Fridman is wanted on charges under the article "Financing of actions committed with the aim of forcibly changing or overthrowing the constitutional order or seizing state power, or changing the borders of the territory or state border of Ukraine".

Background:

• Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman was served with a notice of suspicion in absentia by the SSU in September for his involvement in financing the war against Ukraine.
• According to the SSU, since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, Fridman has injected about 2 billion roubles (roughly US$20.7 million) into several military plants belonging to the aggressor country. Among them are the Tula Cartridge Plant, which produces ammunition, and the Ural Optical and Mechanical Plant named after Yalamov, which manufactures high-tech equipment for Russian combat aircraft and helicopters.
• Ukrainska Pravda had already tracked Fridman down in London.
• On 5 July, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy enacted a National Security and Defence Council decision to sanction 18 companies associated with Russian oligarchs Mikhail Fridman, German Khan and Petr Aven.
• In August 2022, Fridman and Aven were sanctioned by the United States of America.
• Fridman and Aven left Russia after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. Nevertheless, they were placed under EU and UK sanctions.
• They have attempted to get the sanctions lifted from them in Europe. They succeeded in doing so in the UK, where the authorities have issued at least 82 licences to sanctioned Russian oligarchs "for personal expenses" of up to US$1 million a year, which the Russians can spend on "basic needs" such as chauffeurs, cooks and cleaners.

Support UP or become our patron!