Roman Abramovich

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• SOURCE: Jewish Currents
  3/3/2022
  

  Our Oligarch? Do Roman Abramovich's Donations Link Major Jewish Philanthropies to Putin?

  by David Klion

  Abramovich was one of a number of Soviet Jews, excluded from the Communist Party, who moved aggressively into the post-Soviet economy, amassed great fortunes, and either held or fell from favor with Vladimir Putin. Are his enormous donations to global Jewish charities reputation laundering? 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/2/2022
  

  Yad Vashem Hopes to Shield Oligarch and Major Donor Roman Abramovich from Sanctions

  “Mr. Abramovich has contributed to worthy causes for more than a decade,” [Yad Vashem chair Dani] Dayan said. “As far as I know, Mr. Abramovich doesn’t have any links to Mr. Putin.”