Exiled oligarch who was once Russia's richest man said other oligarchs need to publicly declare Putin a 'war criminal' to not look like they are working for the Kremlin

Public figures can't leave quietly and then sit quietly. If you have left, you should publicly disassociate yourself, and people should be forced to suspect that you are acting on the Kremlin, according to an interview with The Washington Post.

You should say that the war against Ukraine is a crime if you step up to the microphone. Say this, and we will understand that Putin doesn't have a hold over you.

After his arrest on fraud and tax evasion charges in 2003 for being an outspoken Putin critic, the richest man in Russia was stripped of his title. He was imprisoned for over a decade after his oil company was taken over by the Russian state.

In his comments to The Post, he referred to Alfa Bank's Pyotr Aven and Mikhail Fridman, who left Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. They were hit with sanctions from the UK and the EU.

Anatoly Chubais, who was Putin's international envoy until last month, stepped down and left Russia. Since the war began, Chubais has left Russia.

In an interview with CNN on Sunday, he said that Putin went insane after Ukrainians did not welcome the Russian invasion.

I think the fact that the people in Kharkiv did not meet him with flowers drove him insane. He said that when he started bombing, he was in Kharkiv.