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Russian billionaires Viktor Vekselberg, owner of the Renova company, and Pyotr Aven, co-owner of the Alfa Group consortium, will no longer support the British gallery Tate. The gallery severed relations with Russian entrepreneurs included in the US and EU sanctions lists due to the situation in Ukraine, the Financial Times reports.
The Tate Gallery noted that Vekselberg made a donation seven years ago and no longer holds his honorary title. Support from Aven is also now complete.
The gallery did not specify exactly what funds the billionaires donated.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in the Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.” In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, EU, UK, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.
Source: Rosbalt
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