Russian jewish billionaires

EU downgrades sanctions rationale against Roman Abramovich

Abramovich’s legal team had formally requested the EU to adjust the designation in line with the court’s ruling, a request that has now been granted.

  Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich in the stands before a match. May 29, 2019
Olim attend an event marking 25 years of the great aliyah from the former Soviet Union,  in Jerusalem in 2015. Do we no longer have the resolve to save Jews?

How Israel risks distancing the Russian Jewish community - opinion

 Russian oligarch and politician Roman Abramovich arrives at the Western Wall for his son’s Bar Mitzvah, in the Old City of Jerusalem on December 20, 2022.

Roman Abramovich, NGO sue Israeli bank over blocked wartime donation

  Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich in the stands before a match. May 29, 2019

EU paper touts antisemitic tropes against Russian Jews, Roman Abramovich


Russian billionaires see wealth rise to over half a trillion dollars - Forbes

After Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, the West imposed what it casts as the most severe sanctions in modern history on Russia's economy.

 The superyacht Nord, reportedly owned by the sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexei Mordashov, is docked in the far eastern port of Vladivostok, Russia March 31, 2022.

Jersey police admit unlawfully searching premises linked to Roman Abramovich

The searches were carried out at premises allegedly connected to Abramovich in April 2022 and, following a judicial review, were found to have been unlawful. 

 Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich walks past the High Court in London on November 16, 2011.

Billionaire Lev Leviev summoned by police for questioning after landing in Israel

He landed in Israel for the first time after several years of being abroad.

Lev Leviev

Asteroid the size of superyacht to pass Earth - NASA

Asteroid 2022 RW is one of three asteroids set to fly past Earth on September 5, according to NASA. At an estimated 140 meters wide, it's comparable to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich's yacht.

 An asteroid is seen colliding with a planet in this artistic depiction.

Anti-Putin businessman’s apparent suicide to be investigated by DC police

Several Russian business executives have died of suspicious circumstances amid the onset of the Russian-Ukrainian War. 

 Dan Rapoport (18 September 2014).

Russia’s Jewish oligarchs, 4 months into the war on Ukraine: Where are they now?

Of the 18 Jewish oligarchs identified as likely sanctions targets, 15 are now subject to them. Together, they are worth over $120 billion.

 Left to right: Mikhail Fridman (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images), Petr Aven (Alexander Aleshkin/Epsilon/Getty Images ), Moshe Kantor (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images), Roman Abramovich .

Ukrainian court seizes assets of Russian-Israeli billionaire Mikhail Fridman

Fridman is one of the richest men in Russia and is the co-founder of Alfa-Bank as well as the investment firm LetterOne.

Michael Fridman

How did Russian oligarchs get their wealth?

Kleptopia is the visceral enemy of democracy and well-being and the lifeblood of despots. The world is very late in awakening to the problem, but better late than never.

 Eclipse, a superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, is docked in the Turkish tourist resort of Marmaris on March 22.

Abramovich blocked from keeping his private jet in Israel

Abramovich, who also has Israeli citizenship, flew from Moscow to Israel on Sunday.

 Roman Abramovich watches his team during their English Premier League soccer match against Arsenal

Russian billionaire to head Moscow Jewish museum’s board

Alexander Klyachin, the owner of Russia’s largest international chain of hotels, began his stint this month at the helm of what is widely considered to be Russian Jewry’s most visible institution

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) listens to Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar (L) during his visit to the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre in Moscow February 19, 2013

Israeli gov't looking to harness tech impact of Russian-speaking Jews

Limmud Labs is designed to find young people like Brin, and “empower them to be active in their local and greater Jewish communities,” Omer Yankelevich, Israel’s minister of Diaspora Affairs said

Whatsapp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum