Oleg Deripaska and Ukrainian-born Mikhail Fridman call for peace, as activities come under threat from sanctions
Highlights
- Russian billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Oleg Deripaska speak out against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
- In a letter to his employees he called for an end to the “bloodshed” in an email to staff at LetterOne.
- He joins a small group of prominent Russians – including popular actors, musicians and television presenters – who have called on President Vladimir Putin stop the military operation in Ukraine.
- Many Russian oligarchs have remained silent, although intervention may begin to put pressure on Moscow’s elite to voice their opposition to Putin‘s invasion’ in the worlds of business and finance to voice opposition to the invasion.