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Deal by LetterOne comes after court victory for Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven as they challenge EU sanctions
Judges say Brussels failed to prove how Russian businessmen close to Vladimir Putin backed his invasion of Ukraine
Judgment finds insufficient evidence that billionaires had undermined Ukraine
Sanctions-hit billionaire’s properties in Paris and southern France searched
Russian businessman asks High Court to be allowed to cover London staff salaries, including for a driver
Alfa Group co-founder departed UK for Israel last month but returned to Russia after Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday
Treasury steps up campaign to punish Moscow’s elite for invasion of Ukraine
Group backed by sanctions-hit Russian oligarchs seeks to reverse forced divestiture
National Crime Agency drops two of three lines of inquiry against sanctions-hit Russian billionaire after his arrest in December
Opposition figures rally around Mikhail Fridman
Plus, pressure mounts on EY’s boss and Soho House tries a new strategy
Oligarchs’ partner Andrei Kosogov agrees to take over Russia’s largest private lender as they fight western sanctions
Government also blocks proposed tech acquisition by a Chinese semiconductor company
LetterOne’s chair Mervyn Davies appoints new board as it finalises separation from oligarchs
The tycoons are bitter about sanctions that have left them ostracised in the west and impotent at home
Business tycoon, one of Russia’s richest men, was hit with sanctions by the EU
Russian tycoons parted from European business empire have strong ties to UK establishment
Russian tycoon and fellow billionaire Petr Aven agree to have stakes in London-based investment group ‘frozen’
One of Russia’s richest men says any ‘unacceptable’ statement would hurt his workforce and customers
Alfa Group’s Mikhail Fridman, Rosneft’s Igor Sechin and financier Alisher Usmanov on Brussels blacklist
Businessman tells employees at private equity firm LetterOne that ‘war can never be the answer’
Investment group says float of $20bn company not desirable in short-term
Billionaire to invest more in renewable energy but says transition will be ‘very challenging process’
Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s group to finance fibre network rollout to 1m premises in eastern England
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