Factbox: What assets do UK-sanctioned Russian oligarchs have?

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10/03/2022 12:22

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    LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - Britain imposed sanctions on
Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich and Igor Sechin,
chief executive of Russian oil giant Rosneft  ROSN.MM , hitting
them with asset freezes and travel bans over their links to
Russian President Vladimir Putin.  L5N2VD2M8 
     The two billionaires and five other Russian oligarchs are
the most high-profile figures to be added to the British
sanctions list since Russia's invasion of Ukraine and follows
criticism that Britain has acted too slowly.
    Britain said they had a collective net worth of around 15
billion pounds ($19.75 billion). 
    
    Below is the government's summary of those sanctioned and
their assets: 
    
    1. Roman Abramovich 
    "Roman Abramovich has stakes in steel giant Evraz  EVRE.L ,
Norilsk Nickel  GMKN.MM  and owns Chelsea FC. He sold a 73%
stake in Russian oil firm Sibneft to state-owned gas titan
Gazprom for 9.87 billion pounds in 2005.
    "His net worth is an estimated 9.4 billion pounds. He is one
of the few oligarchs from the 1990s to maintain prominence under
Putin."
    "None of our allies have yet sanctioned Abramovich."
    
    2. Oleg Deripaska 
    "Oleg Deripaska has stakes in En+ Group, a major extractives
and energy company which owns UC Rusal  0486.HK   RUAL.MM , one
of the world's major aluminium producers. He has a multi-million
pound property portfolio in the UK. 
    "His net worth is an estimated 2 billion pounds. The U.S.
designated Deripaska in 2018."

    3. Igor Sechin 
    "Igor Sechin is the chief executive of Rosneft, a Russian
state oil company and particularly close and influential ally of
Putin. Sechin has been sanctioned by the U.S. and EU."

    4. Andrey Kostin 
    "Andrey Kostin is Chairman of VTB bank  VTBR.MM , the second
largest bank in Russia. VTB Bank was designated by the UK on 24
February 2022. Kostin is a close associate of Putin, and has
long supported Kremlin objectives through VTB Bank. 
    "His net worth is an estimated 379 million pounds. Kostin
has been sanctioned by the U.S. and EU."

    5. Alexei Miller 
    "Alexei Miller is CEO of energy company Gazprom  GZAVI.MM ,
making him one of the most important executives supporting the
Russian government. Miller served under Putin in the 1990s when
Putin was deputy mayor in St Petersburg. Miller has been
sanctioned by the U.S.."

    6. Nikolai Tokarev 
    "Nikolai Tokarev is president of the Russia state-owned
pipeline company Transneft  TRNF_p.MM . He first met Putin when
both served as KGB officers in Dresden in East Germany in the
1980s. They have remained closely associated ever since. Tokarev
has been sanctioned by the U.S. and EU."

    7. Dmitri Lebedev 
    "Dmitri Lebedev is Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Bank Rossiya. The UK designated Bank Rossiya, widely considered
to be the Kremlin's private bank, on 22 February 2022. Lebedev
was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2016."

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 (Reporting by William James; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel)
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