billionaire Yuri Milner renounces Russian citizenship

Israeli-Russian billionaire Yuri Milner said on Monday he gave up his Russian citizenship after leaving the country in 2014.

Milner is founder of the internet investment firm DST Global and increased his fortune by investing in Chinese technology companies such as electronic trade platforms Alibaba and JD.com.

“I and my family left Russia forever in 2014, after the Russian annexation of the”, Milner said in a Twitter post. And this summer, we officially completed the process of giving up Russian citizenship. ”

Milner has been an Israeli citizen since 1999 and has not visited Russia since 2014, writes The Guardian, broadcasts Clankosova.tv.

Milner also has no assets in Russia, 97% of his personal wealth was created abroad, and “Yuri has never met Vladimir Putin, either individually or in groups.