A Russian oligarch called on the EU to lift sanctions against him after condemning Putin's war. Arkady Volozh made the call days after calling the war "barbaric," the Financial Times reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussian oligarch Arkady Volozh will be the first to formally ask for sanctions to be lifted after condemning Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, a report says. It is regarded as the first test as to how the West will treat previously sanctioned oligarchs who have gone on to publicly denounce Putin's war. AdvertisementAdvertisementBillionaire industrialist Oleg Deripraska had his $1 billion Sochi complex seized after criticizing the invasion, the FT reported in December.

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Persons: Arkady Volozh, Volozh's, Vladimir Putin's, Volozh, Putin's, Oleg Deripraska, Volozh didn't Organizations: EU, Financial Times, Union, BBC, Google, Kremlin Locations: EU, Ukraine, Russia, Europe, Amsterdam, Israel, Sochi