Banker Oleg Tinkov has been the most outspoken critic of the invasion. Tinkov recently posted a message on his Instagram account together with a photograph of his partner, children and pet dog. “Now in Ukraine innocent people die every day, it is unthinkable and unacceptable! States should spend money on curing people and research to defeat cancer, not on war. We are against this war!”
Over 110,000 people had “liked”.
Alexei Mordashov, Russia’s wealthiest man has also been critical of Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine.
“It is terrible that Ukrainians and Russians are dying, people are suffering hardships and the economy is collapsing,” he told the news outlet RBK. “We must do everything necessary so that a way out of this conflict is found in the very near future and the bloodshed stops.”
Oleg Deripaska owner of the aluminium giant Rusal in his Telegram account. “Peace is very important! Negotiations must begin as soon as possible!”
Mikhail Fridman, co-founder of Alfa-Bank, one of Russia’s largest private lenders, was born in Lviv, which is now part of western Ukraine.
“My parents are Ukrainian citizens and live in Lviv, my favorite city. But I have also spent much of my life as a citizen of Russia, building and growing businesses. I am deeply attached to Ukrainian and Russian peoples and see the current conflict as a tragedy for them both,” wrote Fridman in a letter to staff
Several lawmakers representing the Communist Party have complained that they voted in favour of recognizing the self-declared republics of Donetsk and Luhansk without realizing that it would lead to war.
Sofia Abramovich, daughter of billionaire Roman Abramovich, shared an image with her 41,000 Instagram followers that showed the message “Russia wants a war with Ukraine” where the word “Russia” is crossed out and replaced with “Putin.” The message goes on to say: “The biggest and most successful lie of Kremlin’s propaganda is that most Russians stand with Putin.”
Her father has also announced that he plans to sell the Chelsea football club and donate the proceeds to “the victims of the war in Ukraine.”
The ex-wife and daughter of Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov posted a “No to war” on Twitter, although they quickly deleted it. This same protest was also picked up on Facebook by Tatyana Yumasheva, the youngest daughter of Boris Yeltsin, the former president of Russia and the man who named Putin his successor.
Russian oligarchs speak out against invasion of Ukraine (msn.com)
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