Russia's wealthiest UK-based oligarchs has pleaded for sympathy, claiming that his family “don't understand how to survive on their own”.
Worth a staggering £4 billion, 67-year-old Petr (or Pyotr) Aven who lives in St James's in central London has had his bank accounts and assets frozen in both the UK and Europe.
He was known to be close to Russian president Vladimir Putin, and the soon-to-be former Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich, and has recently faced sanctions due to Russia's actions in Ukraine.He told the FT: “Our business is completely destroyed.
Everything which we were building for 30 years is now completely ruined. And we have to somehow start a new life.'“Will l be allowed to have a cleaner, or a driver?
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