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Russian oligarch renounces citizenship, says it has ‘become a stamp of shame’
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A Russian-born oligarch and former oil tycoon who fled for Israel practically twenty years in the past after being focused by Vladimir Putin’s authorities introduced he was renouncing his citizenship Tuesday over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a prolonged Fb submit, Leonid Nevzlin stated if he had been to acquire a second citizenship, he can be honored to be a part of Ukraine.
“Russian citizenship has already change into a stamp of disgrace on itself, which I now not need to put on on myself,” he wrote. “I am unable to afford to be a citizen of a rustic that kills youngsters of different nations and tortures their youngsters who do not agree with it. I’m in opposition to the conflict. I’m in opposition to the occupation. I’m in opposition to the genocide of the Ukrainian individuals.”
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) is launched to talk on the United Jewish Communities /Jewish Federations of North America 2009 Normal Meeting by oil tycoon Leonid Nevzlin in Washington on Nov. 9, 2009. Leonid Nevzlin, a Russian-born oligarch, on Tuesday stated he was renouncing his Russian citizenship over the conflict in Ukraine. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES POLITICS BUSINESS)
He described Russia as a “fascist state” and that all the pieces Putin “touched was lifeless.”
He famous that his self-identification comes from his Russian cultural roots and the language.
Nevzlin based the Yukos oil firm after the collapse of the Soviet Union with businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky. He fled to Israel in 2003 after the corporate and senior executives had been focused by Putin.
“All these years, like many, I have been compromising holding this passport,” Nevzlin wrote. “I used to be one of many first to be hit by Putin. He threw my associates in jails, and killed a few of them.”
Khodorkovsky was arrested in 2003 on cash laundering and tax evasion prices that many within the West stated had been trumped-up. Nevzlin was convicted in absentia in 2008 of legal conspiracy to homicide.
The Russian authorities has requested Israel to extradite him, however has to date refused to take action, Haaretz reported. The White Home has focused a number of different Russian oligarchs who help Putin for sanctions.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Khodorkovsky stated Russia has moved from an authoritarian regime to a totalitarian one. He stated he expects a regime change
“The regime will change, little doubt about it. Earlier than it may need taken 10 or 20 years from now, now they occur a lot sooner. Ukraine has discovered his Achilles heel,” he stated. “He had been taking part in this alpha male who by no means losses. Now he’s clearly experiencing army defeat.”