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Russian tycoon Oleg Tinkov renounces citizenship over Ukraine war

Tinkov is the founder of the online Tinkoff Bank [File: William Webster/Reuters]

Russian billionaire Oleg Tinkov says he has decided to give up his citizenship because of the war in Ukraine, which he had previously criticised as “crazy”.

“I have taken the decision to exit my Russian citizenship. I can’t and won’t be associated with a fascist country, that started a war with their peaceful neighbour and killing innocent people daily,” Tinkov wrote on Instagram on Monday.

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