A Russian oligarch sanctioned by the UK has told how he cannot pay basic bills - as war rages on in Ukraine.
Petr Aven, who has been sanctioned in the UK over his ties to the Kremlin, has said he and his family 'don't understand how to survive' on their own.
The billionaire, 67, who lives in London, now faces an expulsion order and fears he will never be allowed back into Britain if he leaves.
He had his bank account and assets were frozen in the UK after Russia invaded Ukraine.
He told the Financial Times that he wants to challenge the sanctions levelled against him - but is struggling to pay for legal advice thanks to the sanctions.
According to the Government, he is worth £4 billion and has revealed how his life changed "overnight" following the crackdown, with less than 20 days to leave Britain.
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He told the paper: "Our business is completely destroyed. Everything which we were building for 30 years is now completely ruined. And we have to somehow start a new life.
"It is a life for which he may not be prepared. “Will l be allowed to have a cleaner, or a driver? I don’t drive a car . . . maybe my stepdaughter will drive.
"We don’t understand how to survive."
After other oligarchs were sanctioned, his wife spent days visiting cash machines across the city, to withdraw as much money as possible.
He added that he wasn't close to the Kremlin, but conceded that doing business in Russia means contact with the president.
Aven was photographed in the Kremlin on the day war broke out in Ukraine as Putin chaired a meeting of big businesses.
The EU were first to restrict Aven, rapidly followed by the UK, with his account and assets frozen.
He was accused of being linked to Vladimir Putin as the director of Russia's biggest private bank, Alfa.
The UK's office of financial sanctions implementation said: 'Aven is a prominent Russian businessman and pro-Kremlin oligarch.
Discussing the sanctions, Aven told the FT: "It’s understandable. But it’s not fair,”, adding: “[But] I don’t complain when people are dying.”
He said he holds Latvian and Russian passports, as well as a UK visa, but would like to stay in the UK.
In Ukraine, the city of Mariupol has been reduced to rubble, led by a commander dubbed the Butcher of Mariupol by Ukrainian military officials.
Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, 59, is head of the National Centre for Defence Management.
After weeks of bombardments, around 80 per cent of Mariupol's infrastructure is thought to have been destroyed.
Serhiy Bratchuk, a spokesman for Odesa's military headquarters, described the horrific scenes.
"It was he who ordered the bombing of the maternity hospital, the children's hospital, the drama theatre, the houses of civilians," Bratchuk said. "It is he who is destroying Mariupol, as he used to destroy Syrian cities."
Oleksandra Matviichuk, head of Ukraine's Centre for Civil Liberties, called on Mizintsev to face war crime charges at The Hague. "Remember him. This is Mikhail Mizintsev. He is leading the siege of Mariupol," she added.
