{"id":421809,"date":"2022-03-25T21:10:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T18:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sanctioned-russian-oligarch-whines-he-cant-pay-bills-afford-driver-or-cleaner\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T21:10:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T18:10:49","slug":"sanctioned-russian-oligarch-whines-he-cant-pay-bills-afford-driver-or-cleaner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sanctioned-russian-oligarch-whines-he-cant-pay-bills-afford-driver-or-cleaner\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sanctioned Russian oligarch whines he can&#8217;t pay bills, afford driver or cleaner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e218d2346e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e218d2346e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sanctioned-russian-oligarch-whines-he-cant-pay-bills-afford-driver-or-cleaner\/#%E2%80%9CSanctioned_Russian_oligarch_whines_he_cant_pay_bills_afford_driver_or_cleaner%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Sanctioned Russian oligarch whines he can&#8217;t pay bills, afford driver or cleaner&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSanctioned_Russian_oligarch_whines_he_cant_pay_bills_afford_driver_or_cleaner%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Sanctioned Russian oligarch whines he can&#8217;t pay bills, afford driver or cleaner&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>This Russian whine is not aging well.<\/p>\n<p>An oligarch worth billions of dollars is griping that he can no longer afford to pay for personal assistants or live in the high-flying style to which he has grown accustomed \u2014 thanks to sanctions over pal Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Petr Aven, who has an estimated personal fortune of $5.63 billion, was one of several Russian billionaires sanctioned by the European Union and United Kingdom during an economic crackdown in response to the Ukraine war. <\/p>\n<p>EU officials describe him as \u201cone of Vladimir Putin\u2019s closest oligarchs\u201d with close ties to the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<p>The sanctions froze Aven\u2019s bank accounts and assets \u2014 including his ritzy properties in and around London. Aven, the longtime head of Russia\u2019s Alfa Bank Group, said his wife scrambled to withdraw cash from ATMs around London just before the penalties were imposed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill l be allowed to have a cleaner, or a driver? I don\u2019t drive a car \u2026 maybe my stepdaughter will drive. We don\u2019t understand how to survive,\u201d Aven told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/5e4ffb26-a167-4b90-9981-084fc6a50ea4\">the Financial Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/petr-aven-getty-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Petr Aven's Italian villa\" class=\"wp-image-21661836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/petr-aven-getty-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/petr-aven-getty-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/petr-aven-getty-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A view of Russian billionaire Petr Aven\u2019s villa in Italy. The oligarch\u2019s assets were frozen in response to the Ukraine war.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aven complained about his financial situation during a brutal invasion of Ukraine in which the Russian military has increasingly targeted civilian population centers \u2014 leaving many without food, heat or electricity. <\/p>\n<p>The billionaire conducted the interview from his London duplex, speaking at a\u00a0table that was described as \u201claden with fruit and snacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The oligarch sought to downplay his connection to the Kremlin despite being photographed with Putin on the day Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine began in late February. <\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t comment on the war or on Putin specifically in the FT story, but did say he thought sanctions against Russians weren\u2019t \u201cfair.\u201d But \u201cI don\u2019t complain when people are dying,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Aven is attempting to challenge the sanctions, arguing business leaders are in communication with the Kremlin by necessity.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"956\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/petr-aven-getty-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=956\" alt=\"Petr Aven and Vladimir Putin\" class=\"wp-image-21661835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/petr-aven-getty-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1912 1912w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/petr-aven-getty-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1434 1434w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/petr-aven-getty-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=956 956w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/petr-aven-getty-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=478 478w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/petr-aven-getty-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\"\/><figcaption>Petr Aven was photographed with Vladimir Putin on the day the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s very strange, just to be sanctioned because you meet the president. We try to be absolutely out of politics. With Putin I was presenting Alfa Group, not myself at all,\u201d Aven told FT.<\/p>\n<p>Aven also expressed compassion for Ukrainians affected by the war and said sanctions against him and other oligarchs weren\u2019t going to sway Putin to end the invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Aven and fellow sanctioned oligarch Mikhail Fridman\u00a0resigned from Alfa Group\u2019s board of directors days after the European Union sanctions were <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lied. They also resigned from the London-based investment firm they co-founded, LetterOne, which has more than $22 billion in assets under management.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur business is completely destroyed. Everything which we were building for 30 years is now completely ruined. 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