Already the seventh billionaire has abandoned Russian citizenship from the beginning of the war against Ukraine - DW
According to the newspaper, Anisimov, the former license owner for the vodka brand "Putinka" and the Coalco real estate holding, is a citizen of Croatia. According to DW, Russian Forbes received from Anisimov documents confirming that he is no longer a Russian citizen. British media reported that, judging by the company in London, Anisimov changed his citizenship from Russian to Croatian in mid -2022, investing $ 11 million in the country.
Anisimov also has the citizenship of the Dominican Republic. According to DW, 72-year-old Anisimov has become a seventh billionaire who has abandoned Russian citizenship since the beginning of the war against Ukraine. He stressed that he enters Russia only for business and claims that he has no traditional assets in the country anymore.
Anisimov is the owner of the shares in the Michael Mining and Processing Plant, which he sold to another Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, as well as the Development Company Coalco and LCD "Greater Domodedovo", co-owner of Gazmetal Holding. Forbes businessman's total wealth is estimated at $ 1. 6 billion. It is also reported that Vasyl Anisimova has a business in Kazakhstan, in addition, he is engaged in real estate in the United Arab Emirates.
According to DW, Anisimov is one of the 210 rich Russians related to Vladimir Putin, whom the US Treasury brought to the so -called "Kremlin list" in 2018 for probable interference in the 2016 presidential election. According to the German edition, it is known that earlier Russian citizenship came out: despite sanctions, the assets of Russian billionaires in 2023 increased by more than $ 50 billion. The rating of 500 richest people on the planet included 25 citizens of Russia.