![]() ![]() ![]() (Unlike Milner, neither Turlov nor Vardanyan denounced the war).īorn in Moscow in 1961, Yuri Milner grew up in the Soviet Union and graduated in 1985 from Moscow State University with a degree in theoretical physics. Ruben Vardanyan, who made his fortune cofounding investment firm Troika Dialog in the early 1990s, renounced his Russian citizenship in September after declaring Armenian citizenship and moving to Nagorno-Karabakh, a contested region between Armenia and Azerbaijan. ![]() Timur Turlov, founder of retail brokerage Freedom Holding, received a Kazakh passport in June, for which he was required to renounce his Russian citizenship. Milner is the third known Soviet-born billionaire to renounce their Russian citizenship during the war. Milner did not respond to Forbes’ requests for comment on the timing of his announcement. The process, which includes a multi-step application process, can take up to six months, according to the Russian Consulate in San Francisco’s website. “hy announcing this today though? what happened?” wrote one user.Īccording to a “ fact sheet” on his personal website, Milner “officially completed the process of renouncing his Russian citizenship” in August 2022. The timing of Milner’s latest announcement – following yet another vicious Russian bombing campaign across Ukrainian cities – drew some skepticism on social media. ![]()
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