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Alice Peacock

Russian banking oligarch moans that sanctions mean he 'can’t even pay in a restaurant'

A Russian oligarch who lives on the edge of Hampstead Heath is demanding UK authorities give him an allowance to buy food as he currently has to “eat at home”

Mikhail Fridman, who is the founder of Russia ’s largest private bank Alfa-Bank, is claiming he is “practically under house arrest” as a result of the sanctions.

Mr Fridman, who reportedly lives alone in Athlone House and has a net wealth of £11.9 billion, was sanctioned by the UK government on March 15.

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