As the sanctions against Russia begin to bite, some billionaires have broken ranks with the Kremlin and called for an end to Russia's war in Ukraine. Oligarch Mikhail Fridman has been one of the first to question Vladimir Putin in public, saying he wished for the bloodshed to end.
Mr Fridman, who is reported to be one of the top ten richest Russians. said: "My parents are Ukrainian citizens and live in Lviv, my favourite city. But I have also spent much of my life as a citizen of Russia, building and growing businesses. I am deeply attached to Ukrainian and Russian peoples and see the current conflict as a tragedy for them both. This crisis will cost lives and damage two nations who have been brothers for hundreds of years. While a solution seems frighteningly far off, I can only join those whose fervent desire is for the bloodshed to end."
