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Russian Oligarch Turns Back On Putin By Calling For Immediate End To Ukraine Invasion

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Updated 20:50 8 Mar 2022 GMTPublished 20:47 8 Mar 2022 GMT

Russian Oligarch Turns Back On Putin By Calling For Immediate End To Ukraine Invasion

Russia's 'man of steel' Vladimir Lisin sent a letter calling the Ukraine invasion a 'tragedy that is hard to justify or explain'.

Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang

Featured Image Credit: ITAR-TASS News Agency / Alamy Stock Photo

Topics: Ukraine, Russia, News, Vladimir Putin

Rachel Lang
Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang is a Digital Journalist at LADbible. During her career, she has interviewed Aussie PM Malcolm Turnbull in the lead up to the 2016 federal election, ran an editorial campaign on the war in Yemen, and reported on homelessness in the lead-up to Harry and Meghan’s wedding in Windsor. She also once wrote a yarn on the cheese and wine version of Fyre Festival.

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Russia's own 'man of steel' - billionaire Vladimir Lisin - has called for a peaceful end to the Ukrainian invasion.

Lisin is chairman and main shareholder of steelmaker NLMK and he's sent a message to staff about his thoughts on the tragedy that has been unfolding over the past few days.

He said the lives lost in Russia's assault against Ukraine are 'a tragedy that was hard to justify' and has called for a peaceful and diplomatic resolution to the conflict.

The letter was later posted to social media by a company employee and NLMK later verified the authenticity of it.

Lisin isn't the only Russian oligarch turning their back on the Kremlin following the Ukrainian invasion.

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Russian industrial tycoon Oleg Deripaska, who is known to have close links to Vladimir Putin, called for the war in Ukraine to end 'as soon as possible'.

"We need peace as soon as possible, as we have already passed the point of no return...The entire world will be different, Russia will be different as well," Deripaska said on social media.

Businessman and banker Oleg Tinkov revealed he is now no longer a billionaire after losing more than $5 billion as Putin's war saw sanctions imposed on Russia and Russian oligarchs.

Tinkov's revelation comes after he and three other Russians - Mikhail Fridman, Pyotr Aven, and Aleksei Mordashov - were targeted by Western sanctions.

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All three have now publicly called for an end to the hostilities.

Fridman, who was born in Ukraine before the collapse of the Soviet Union, also wrote a letter to his staff calling for the 'bloodshed to end'.

"My parents are Ukrainian citizens and live in Lviv, my favourite city," Fridman wrote.

"But I have also spent much of my life as a citizen of Russia, building and growing businesses. I am deeply attached to Ukrainian and Russian peoples and see the current conflict as a tragedy for them both.

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"This crisis will cost lives and damage two nations who have been brothers for hundreds of years. While a solution seems frighteningly far off, I can only join those whose fervent desire is for the bloodshed to end."

If you would like to donate to the Red Cross Emergency Appeal, which will help provide food, medicines and basic medical supplies, shelter and water to those in Ukraine, click here for more information.

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