Sanctioned or not, Russians abroad find their money is ‘toxic’

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By Kirstin Ridley, Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Danielle Kaye LONDON/ZURICH/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Yevgeny Chichvarkin, a telecoms tycoon who fled Russia in 2008 and became a high-profile London restaurateur, has long been a vocal supporter of Ukraine. Together with wife Tatiana Fokina, the multimillionaire says he has sent four truckloads of medical and protective equipment to Poland to help Ukrainians since the Russian invasion on Feb. 24. Chichvarkin, a burly man with a waxed moustache, said he drove the first load himself. But the 48-year-old entrepreneur, a long-time critic of Russian Preside…

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