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Today the fact that we put money in England looks like a tremendous mistake," Friedman said. From the very beginning of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, he lived in London, despite complaints about sanctions. In October, he initially moved to Israel, and after the deterioration of the security situation in this country, he returned to Moscow. "I have a huge house and a garden and the British authorities did not allow me to hire a cleaner or a gardener . . .
I had to be at home every night and twice a week to check a check at a police station. I could not use my car either and was forced to use public Transport, and my house is far from the subway, "Friedman complained. His business partner Petro Aven, having Latvia's citizenship, moved to this country from the United Kingdom last year. Now he acknowledges that investments in European countries were a mistake and expresses dissatisfaction with "psychological pressure" caused by sanctions.
According to him, in July 2022, during a departure from the UK to the Baltic States, police questioned him at London Airport for three hours and at some point asked why he and his partners put billions to the west and placed their head office in England. "Because of the mistake!", - the billionaire replied. Friedman and Aven argue that they do not understand why sanctions were imposed against them.
Western businessmen and politicians are responsible for the current situation in Russia "certainly no less than the so -called Russian oligarchs", said Avenue Bloomberg. We will remind, on August 18 in the office of the Prosecutor General made a message about the suspicion of oligarch Michael Friedman. He is suspected of participating in a criminal scheme that helped to evade taxes in Ukraine.