French chess star and businessman Jöel Lautier was added to the list of people targeted by US sanctions over the war in Ukraine back in March, French business daily Les Echos reported on Wednesday, the only non-Russian to be targeted by the American authorities.
On a list of affluent Russians, one name stands out. Of the more than 340 individuals sanctioned by the United States on 24 March over the war in Ukraine, only one of them is not Russian: Frenchman Joël Lautier, the former international chess champion turned mergers and acquisitions consultant.
