There was an unfortunate mistake: Russian millionaire asked Zelensky to remove the sanctions from him
It is noted that the Executive of the Federation Council and the co -owner of the Synthesis group Leonid Lebedev sent a corresponding letter to the Ukrainian leader in May 2021. In his letter, he said he considers him an unfair and unjustified inclusion in the list of sanctions, since he was absent at a meeting of the Federation Council, which made a decision on Crimea in 2014. "I did not participate in the meeting neither in full in absentia, as evidenced by documentary confirmation.
I am the only senator who did not support the said decision," the letter reads. Leonid Lebedev notes that there was an unfortunate mistake through which he has fallen under sanctions and which he needs to be corrected. "In the appeal (a document written in the Ukrainian language, he found himself at the disposal The question also did not vote, "the newspaper writes.
According to the publication, public access is a roll -call list of senators who voted in absentia for the use of Russian troops in the Crimea, but the names of those who voted did not open, it is known only that 76 senators were absent at the meeting, and 71 member of the council voted in absentia Federation. In 2010, the Forbes magazine estimated the income of Leonid Lebedev's family at 44. 44 million rubles, of which 27. 41 million rubles were his own.
According to Forbes magazine for 2010, the Leonid Lebedev family owned 15 real estate objects in Russia, as well as 6 cars. According to the annual Forbes ranking, in 2021 Lebedev ranked 162nd in the list of the richest businessmen of Russia, the publication estimated Lebedev's wealth of $ 750 million. We will remind that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed two decrees on October 22, 2022 on the imposition of sanctions against Russia. These sanctions decisions were made on October 19.