The former billionaire who is one of the few prominent Russian business figures to speak out against his country's war on Ukraine made his strongest attack yet on the Kremlin in a post on Tuesday.
One of the most prominent Russian critics of the war is a businessman.
Tinkov, who lives outside Russia, called the war "evil" and "good" on his social media accounts on Tuesday.
The post received more than 300,000 likes.
Tinkov has attracted international attention for prior condemnations of the war, including an April 19 post in which he called the war crazy and pleaded for the violence to stop.
Tinkov told Forbes and the New York Times that he was forced to sell his stake in Tinkoff Bank, one of Russia's largest financial institutions, to a company controlled by Russia's richest man.
Tinkov was one of the first Russian billionaires to speak out against the war. Forbes estimates that Tinkov's fortune fell to about $800 million due to the steep slide in Tinkoff Bank's share price. After being diagnosed with acute leukemia and having a bone marrow transplant, Tinkov resigned as Tinkoff Bank's chairman in 2020. The US government will receive $506 million in October to settle tax fraud charges. Tinkov was arrested in 2020 for hiding more than $1 billion in assets and income after he renunciation of American citizenship.
I just wanted to give something to my family so they will have something when I pass away, but this is just nothing, I sold my stake in Tinkoff Bank for less than 3% what it was worth.
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