The daughters of Russian oligarchs have spoken out against the full-scale invasion of Ukraine launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Sofia Abramovich, Elizaveta Peskova, and Maria Yumasheva took to Instagram to share their stances on the war in Ukraine and call for an end to the violence. Abramovich is the daughter of Roman Abramovich, the departing owner of the Chelsea soccer team, and Peskova’s father is Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for the Kremlin. Yumasheva’s parents are Valentin Yumashev, a former reporter and now Kremlin official, and his wife, Tatyana Borisovna, is the daughter of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, according to the New York Post.
“The biggest and most successful lie out of the Kremlin propaganda is that most Russians are with Putin,” 27-year-old Sofia Abramovich shared in a now-deleted Instagram post, according to the outlet.
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Peskova similarly shared the words “no to the war” in a now-deleted post, reports said. Yumasheva, 19, also shared a photo of the Ukrainian flag with the words “no war.”
The latter’s father played an instrumental role in Putin becoming president, according to the BBC. Valentin Yumashev, who worked as the chief of staff in Yeltsin’s administration before marrying his daughter, hired Putin, a former KGB officer, to serve as his deputy in 1997, according to the outlet. When asked by Yeltsin whether Yumashev thought Putin would make a good successor, he urged the former president to “consider him.”
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The White House announced Thursday that it would impose sanctions on Russian oligarchs and people within Putin’s inner circle. Measures enacted to put more pressure on Putin included removing Russian billionaires, business executives, and allies of Putin from the U.S. financial system, freezing their assets and property, and preventing them from traveling to the United States. Family members of the Russian oligarchs and Putin allies were also hit with these sanctions.
Abramovich, who has an estimated net worth of around $12.4 billion, said on Wednesday that he was selling the Chelsea Football Club, stating in his announcement that it was “in the best interest of the Club.”
