Ukraine war: Fresh sanctions for those helping Russian oligarchs Abramovich and Usmanov continue business in UK

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Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov were both sanctioned shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, but their families and lawyers have been helping them circumvent that by continuing to do business on their behalf - or moving money around for them - in the UK.

were imposed the government has now identified and sanctioned several people who were helping oligarchs continue to do business in the UK.Two Cypriots working for Mr Abramovich and Mr Usmanov are the key pair affected by the new measures.

USM, the company that Mr Usmanov has major shares in and owns Metalloinvest, is also included in the new measures. "There's no place to hide. We will keep cutting them off from assets they thought were successfully hidden. They include the daughter, son and wife of Vladimir Evtushankov, the billionaire majority owner and founder of Russian conglomerate Sistema, which specialises in banking and hotels, and formerly aerospace and defence.

 

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'More than a year'..

What about AEU member Hungary, sign a new oil deal with Russia....they should be ousted from Brussels

I always believed that a person is innocent until proven guilty but it looks like the EU, the USA and the UK governments believe in it

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