A wave of support for the Russian oligarch after his criticism of the Kremlin. Oleg Tinkov wrote that a hangover prevented Russian generals from assessing the state of the Russian army. Will there be measures from the Kremlin to Tinkov and how much have the richest Russians lost since the beginning of the war?
Tinkov, who is worth more than $3.5 billion, is one of the few people who has dared to criticize the government on the Russian social network Instagram.
I don’t see anyone benefiting from this crazy war! Innocent people and soldiers are dying. The generals, waking up with a hangover, realized that they had a rotten army. And how good will the army be if everything else in the country is shitty and servile, ”the billionaire angrily asks.
Tinkov, who has lived abroad for many years, writes that many Russians are against the war, but there are exceptions. He continued: “Kremlin officials are shocked that not only they, but also their children will not go to the Mediterranean in the summer. Of course, there are idiots who draw Z, but there are 10% of morons in every country.”
Tinkov is among dozens of wealthy Russians who are under Western sanctions and are part of the country’s financial elite. Earlier, Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska, known for his close ties to Putin, tweeted that the war in Ukraine must be stopped as soon as possible. In Russia, such statements can even be punished with imprisonment.
Forbes estimates that Russian billionaires lost 42% of their wealth in the two months of the war. The richest oligarch Vladimir Lisin lost almost $8 billion. And the poorest, it turns out, is Aleksey Mordashov — before February 24, his assets amounted to more than $29.1 billion, and now he has only $3.2 billion in bank accounts.
The Western media also took notice of the news that several Russian oligarchs had been found dead since the start of the war. Just this week, two billionaires were found dead.