the company, but deripaska remains personally sanctioned. anna: the sanctions were controversial, and lifting the sanctions were very controversial. therwas a lot of discussion in congress, as well as among administration officials, about whether these steps taken by en+ and rusal were sufficient to remove sanctions on the company since oleg deripaska was still such a divisive and controversial figure himself. sean: last august, the senate intelligence committee stated that "deripaska conducts influence operations, frequently in countries where he has a significant economic interest. the russian government coordinates with and directs deripaska on many of his influence operations." critically, it found that "deripaska's companies, including rusal, are proxies for the kremlin, including for russian government influence efforts, economic measures, and diplomatic relations." serena: no individual or company that is sanctioned as is the case with mr. deripaska--there are personal sanctions against him--should be allowed to do business in austral

pictured with putin, chelsea owner roman abramovich, aluminium tycoon oleg deripaska, energy boss andhe eu and us in sanctioning. that means uk assets frozen, they can't travel here, their yachts can be seized and their ability to move money around the world severely restricted. the last two weeks have witnessed the most robust, onerous, powerful set of sanctions i for one have ever seen. did those who were worried about it have enough time to get money out of the uk? roman abramovich was sanctioned this morning. until this morning and until the moment he was sanctioned, he was at liberty to legitimately do whatever he wishes with his assets. given international sanctions, few banks outside russia would have handled their money anyway, but the uk is now off limits. london in particular, with its luxury shops, its armies of private bankers and lawyers, and of course politicians grateful for party donations has long been a favoured haven for the russian super—rich. and the idea of sanctions is if you make their lives less comfortable, they will bring pressure to bear on vladimir putin t

oleg deripaska, worth $4 billion and once called putin's favorite industrialist, declared last week peace is very important. mikhail fridman, owner of one of russia's biggest banks, told his london investors the war was a tragedy. but none criticized putin directly and just today, another high-profile russian businessman, roman abramovich, worth an estimated $13 billion, announcing he's selling chelsea football club and is advocating for peace talks with ukraine meanwhile, president putin himself now sanctioned his mansion and wealth exposed in a recent opposition video he's been called the richest man in europe. his yacht said to have been moved from germany last month and tonight, three western officials tell us they are seeing oligarchs try to move their assets to escape sanctions. lester >> okay. keir simmons, thanks. >>> up next, the hazard prompting a huge recall of fitbit smart watches. ♪♪ ahhh! oh my! okay it's my turn, i'm going to drive. ♪ you've been, you've been ♪ ♪ running through my mind ♪ ♪ and i've been thinking that it's just about time ♪ ♪ we get together, together ♪ ♪ i

you know, recently your activists seized the mansion of the oligarch deripaska. we would like to get this mansion for the period of mr. zelensky's stay in your country, as it seems, it must be very interesting. i think mr. prime minister. you understand this absolutely, what you are talking about, we want to turn the situation around 180 degrees to do justice for ukraine and for ukrainians, using this minister of internal affairs, obtained illegally by wealth. she also promised the interlocutor strict control over the russians staying in the united kingdom canceled all corona virus restrictions. however, you should not accept russians who seek to come to you even students. they may turn out to be employees of the kgb or their fsb. check in a special way not as citizens of other countries. yes mr prime minister. you're right. you are absolutely right, in turn, ben wallis assured of further arms supplies to ukraine, and as it turned out? almost to the detriment of the uk itself, i also wanted to ask that no more ufo tours be supplied, since. they often failed for o

>>> and protesters in london occupied a mansion believed to be linked to russian oligarchs oleg deripaska he was recently sanctioned by the u.k. westminster police say they arrested four people at the scene. on the pitch scotland and poland's soccer team organized an international soccer competition with proceeds from the match benefitting humanitarian aid in ukraine. >>> this video was taken of what looks like the formation of a tornado, it is just one example of the severe weather that hit the dallas fort worth area people were also pelted with ice. the storms did leave some damage but luckily no reports of serious injuries >>> let's turn to meteorologist bill karins. >> you can see all the little white spots are where we had large hail reports those are little icons where you call your national weather service to report usually anything more than golf size or larger gets reported a little dents and dings in some cars this morning that line of storms has weakened we're watching a line of storms rolling through louisiana. i'm sure it's been waking a lot of people up and we also have some

bill ionairesch now ami his war in ukraine some are making unprecedented public statements oleg deripaskand once called putin's favorite industrialest said last week peace is very important. mikhail freedman told one of his big investors the war was a tragedy. but none criticized putin directy. another high profile russian billionaire worth an estimated $13 billion announcing he's selling dhelsy football club and advocating for peace talks with ukraine. meanwhile president putin himself now sanctioned his mansion and wealth exposed in a repeat opposition video he's been called the richest man in europe. his yacht set to have been moved from germany last month. and now three russian officials tell us they are seeing oligarchs trying to move their assets to escape sanctions >> keir, thank you >>> well, i don't know about you but we are ready for the weekend. and bill will have an early look at the forecast next >>> and we'll go live to the ukrainian border where the number of refugees skyrocket past the million mark. pain with it's so good to see you guys. hon, out here! are we on yet? oh..

data from marine traffic shows oligarch yachts on the move, including aluminum magnet oleg deripaska'sillion "clio," and oil executive vagit alekperov's $80 million "galactica super nova." >> no self-respecting oligarch exists without a super yacht. what we're seeing now is high- tailing it on the high seas. >> reporter: the biden administration created a task force to go after the oligarchs' yachts, their luxury apartments, their money, and their bility to send their kids to fancy college in the west. financier and anti-corruption advocate bill browder says the goal is to get oligarchs to pressure putin to stop the war. >> we-- we're not ready to engage in military warfare, and so there's an expression, "we should fight them in the banks, if we can't fight them with tanks." >> reporter: and cracks are appearing. oligarch mikhail fridman founded one of russia's largest private banks. >> so i do not believe war would be a solution. >> reporter: and in this london newspaper, one oligarch's son, evgeny lebedev, pleaded with the russian president to "save the world from annihilation." the

protesters occupied russian oligarch oleg deripaska's mansion in london's exclusive belgrave square todayndow until riot police moved in. people want to do something to send a message to the kremlin and support the people of ukraine. but the question is how to turn goodwill into useful support. the community sponsorship scheme set up amid the syrian crisis only helped around 500 refugees in five years. the ambition is much greater this time, and there is undoubted enthusiasm for a scheme that awakens civil society and shows solidarity with ukraine. but whether it can respond adequately to the emergency unfolding across europe remains an open question. mark easton, bbc news. meanwhile, the fourth round of talks between ukraine and russia has broken up without agreement, but further talks will take place tomorrow. the ukrainians are pressing for a ceasefire and the immediate withdrawal of russian troops, but the kremlin has said its military operations are continuing. here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale. this is what's left after russian shells fall from the sky. a residential

protesters occupied russian oligarch 0leg deripaska's mansion in london's exclusive belgrave square todayice moved in. people want to do something, to send a message to the kremlin and support the people of ukraine, but the question is how to turn goodwill into useful support? the community sponsorship scheme set up amid the syrian crisis only helped around 500 refugees in five years. the ambition is much greater this time, and there is undoubted enthusiasm for a scheme that awakens civil society and shows solidarity with ukraine, but whether it can respond adequately to the emergency unfolding across europe remains an open question. mark easton, bbc news. and if you'd like more details on that story, you can visit the bbc news website on bbc.co.uk/news — or you can go on the bbc news app. all covid travel restrictions for people coming into the uk are to be dropped. after nearly two years of changing restrictions, they will all go, even for people who've not been vaccinated. 0ur travel correspondent katy austin is here — so tell us more, for starters when will this happen? the transport

companies have learned from the experience of 2018 when they imposed sanctions on billionaire oleg deripaskathis led to a sharp increase in world prices for aluminum, unexpectedly , putin's long-standing loans, evgeny chichvarkin, who fled to london, his swiss bank accounts were frozen. although he is not under sanctions, chichvarkin himself writes off everything that, when opening an account, he presented a russian passport, reuters calls chichvarkin a portly man with a new mustache and writes about his exploits, they say, he sent as many as four trucks with mega-equipment and protective equipment to ukraine. and the first cargo, supposedly. i drove myself. chichvarkin believes that his and his wife's opposition to putin and the war, as well as their vocal support for ukraine, helped insulate their campaign from being anti-russian. disliked by customers and the public, nonetheless their starred, michelin restaurant. hyde got one star from google about 2 weeks after the start of the war, a rare bad review simply read belongs to russia reuters draws attention to another critic of the kremlin,

much they can achieve: pictured with putin, chelsea owner roman abramovich, aluminium tycoon oleg deripaskagy boss and old putin friend igor sechin — they're among seven oligarchs the uk followed the eu and us in sanctioning. that means uk assets frozen, they can't travel here, their yachts can be seized and their ability to move money around the world severely restricted. the last two weeks have witnessed the most robust, onerous, powerful set of sanctions ifor one have ever seen. did those who were worried about it have enough time to get money out of the uk? roman abramovich was sanctioned this morning. until this morning and until the moment he was sanctioned, he was at liberty to legitimately do whatever he wishes with his assets. given international sanctions, few banks outside russia would have handled their money anyway, but the uk is now off—limits. london in particular, with its luxury shops, its armies of private bankers and lawyers, and of course politicians grateful for party donations has long been a favoured haven for the russian super—rich. and the idea of sanctions is if yo

i'm delighted that roman abramovich and deripaska have been sanctioned today but, to be honest, i thinka special licence, however, the club can continue to play, to pay players and staff, and existing ticket holders can attend matches. this evening, chelsea's manager gave this reaction. this is like quite a big change from yesterday to today, yeah. but still we cannot influence it. we didn't cause the situation. in the moment, it seems like business is more or less, like let's say football—wise, protected. chelsea's shocked travelling fans, meanwhile, still trying to take it all in. obviously we all support ukraine. what russia's doing is totally wrong, but i don't think we should suffer for it. what on earth is the future going to bring and how- will the government treat the club? chelsea was put up for sale only last week, as calls for its owner to be sanctioned intensified. that's now been stalled, although the government is open to allowing a deal on condition that abramovich receives no funds. crowned club world champions just last month, chelsea was today meant to be celebrating i

data from marine traffic shows oligarch yachts on the move, including aluminum magnate oleg deripaska's cleo. and oil executive bi bigit galapsikov's galactica supernova. >> no self-respecting oligarch exists without a superyacht. what we're seeing is high tailing it on the high seas. >> reporter: the biden administration created a task force to go after the oligarchs' yachts, their luxury apartments, their money and their ability to send their kids to fancy college in the west. financier and anti-corruption advocate bill browder says the goal is to get oligarchs to pressure putin to stop the war. >> we're not ready to engage in military warfare. and so there's an expression, we should fight them in the banks if we can't fight them with tanks. >> reporter: and cracks are appearing. oligarch michal friedman founded one of russia's largest private banks. >> so i do not believe that war could be a solution. >> reporter: in an east london newspaper one oligarch's son evgeni lebedev plead ed with th russian president to "save the world in annihilation." >> the pressure is about abandoning su

has been sanctioning deripaska since 2018 a billionaire not sanctioned announced he will sell the british soccer team he owned nearly 20 years. he says he will use the proceeds from the sale of chelsy football club to set up a charity to benefit victims of the russian invasion. but another billionaire who is a critic of putin says he thinks that the sale of soccer team was discussed with putin before announcing it. >> roman abramovich is senz sensitive to what's happening now. i can't imagine i don't have information but i can't imagine hehead made any decision without consulting with putin. regardless this means he has gotten a whiff of scorched air what he smells is the fire burning under president putin. fire and brim stone emanating from the devil himself. >> russian seven states. you'll pay more than $$4 for a gallon of gas. in california it's high are $5 a gallon. cnn's camilla bern alis there. >> these prices just continue to go up. and we're just cents away from that national average being $4 a gallon. experts believe we can get there just in the next couple days because of the in

oligarchs like billionaire oleg deripaska and steel baron alexei mordashov have cald for peace.ns are beginning to threaten the russian economy. comedian and popular talk-show host ivan urgant posted a black square on instagram, captioned with, "fear and pain. no to war." his show was then taken off the air. the russian tv station said removing it had nothing to do with his post. and last week, tennis star andrey rublev, ranked 7th in the world, wrote 3 words on a camera lens after winning a tournament match, "no war please." just the week prior, he had won a doubles title with partner denys molchanov, a ukrainian. as the condemnations, protests, and crackdowns continue, the russians, and not to mention ukrainians, are not alone in their outrage. demonstrations erupted around the world after putin launched his assault. from the ancient city of jesalem -- to new york city, home of the largest ukrainian population in the u.s., to berlin, where more than 100,000 protesters made a show of force. as more and more countries rally around ukraine, will vladimir putin bow to t pressure?

. >> what we're showing you there on the screen, we can put it back up, six oligarchs, deripaska, she'sa lot about some of these guys. alexi, eugene, dimitri, you might have heard, as well. total cost of the real estate they own in this country in new york city alone, $588 million. so we're talking big, big money. don't make too many plans for the 7:00 p.m. hour week days monday through friday. you're great. thank you so much. appreciate you being here tonight. we'll be right back. iate you be tonight. 'll be right back. re discoverinr to treat her frequent heartburn... claire could only imagine enjoying chocolate cake. now, she can have her cake and eat it too. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? we need to reduce plastic waste in the environment. that's why at america's beverage companies, our bottles are made to be re-made. not all plastic is the same. we're carefully designing our bottles to be 100% recyclable, including the caps. they're collected and separated from other plastics, so they can be tur

at least two russian oligarchs have now publicly called for putin to end the war including oleg deripaskabeen sanctioned by the u.s. back in 2018. he wrote in a sunday post on telegram, "peace is very important. negotiations need to start as soon as possible." >> if all of the oligarchs were to come together and try to hatch a plot to change putin's mind or, you know, potentially even change the regime in russia, certainly that is something that is possible. >> reporter: and our team has learned the white house and treasury department are preparing to impose sanctions on several of these oligarchs who keep close ties to putin. it would be a major expansion in that effort to punish those closest to the russian president. don? >> jessica schneider, thank you very much. appreciate that. i've got an expert on these oligarchs here with me. university of new haven professor howard sofer's here. the question is will all these efforts hurt putin? we're going to talk about that right after this. (johnny cash) ♪ i've traveled every road in this here land! ♪ ♪ i've been everywhere, man. ♪ ♪ i've bee

companies and transfer them to relatives, so it's hard to know exactly what they own billionaire oleg deripaska owned this $42 million home on the upper east side along with another downtown both were transferred to relatives years before the invasion of ukraine. roman abramovich is one of the world's richest russians he bought four town houses which are now being combined plus another property nearby for over $90 million. he transferred them to his ex-wife in 2018. alexey kuznetsov, who co-founded the largest private bank in russia, paid more than $57 million for two adjacent properties a block away. brokers say russians were big buyers at manhattan's tallest luxury tower at 432 park avenue as well as 157 west 57th street and the time warner center, all through anonymous llcs or relatives. and while some russians say the u.s. right now is a safe haven, those who decide to sell will see high prices even in the strong luxury market shep >> robert, thank you. >>> police in russia say they've arrested more than 3,000 people across the country just yesterday as war protests continue to erupt. "the

what they say is a russian oligarch's london mansion 5 belgrade square, thought to be owned by oleg deripaskame has seven bedrooms, and seven baths.r the russian govert froze his assets last week he's a member of putin's inner circle that founded a massive russian aluminum country after the russian government froze his assets last week, it's not clear what happened to his properties so protesters pounced. they arrived at the home early this morning after squatters took it over they draped signs over the balcony that said, this property has been liberated officers tried to enter the mansion with a ladder but squatters batted it away from the balcony. then police got on a fork lift to talk the protesters into leaving the mansion. finally they drilled through the front door after breaking in riot gear, the police said they didn't find anybody inside, just four men sitting on the edge of a balcony. the protesters say they're asking for the home to be repurposed to house ukrainian refugees a spokesman for the prime police arreste minister said they're working to see if it's possible after that eve

deripaska is a close ally of putin's also calling for quote clarifications and intelligible comments brought on by crippling sanctions from the u.s. and others, and frankly not even by sanctions. it's a run of russians on russian banks. what's happening is an internal complete crumbling of the economy and civil society in russia, and now another oligarch is turning on putin, according to forbes. out front, i know you've done so much on this and you have more news on this unprecedented move on oligarchs. >> it came in a letter to employees he never meant to make public. and one of the richest russians came out and spoke against the war and was very clear that the bloodshed has to stop. and now we've counted up to eight billionaires who have spoken publicly, which is really unprecedented. this has never happened before, and really is hopefully a sign of them standing up to him and rallying together to hopefully figure out a way to stop putin. >> well, it's pretty incredible. once they have said it publicly, you can't go back. these things can't be unsaid, they can't be forgiven. it's a

if you will who said you want more sanctions now but lived sanctions on people like people like deripaskaen those two? the more i think about it the more i think sanctioning back them would have more impact i think but maybe i'm wrong on what's happening now >> what happened is the treasury department stunned a lot of people in congress by lifting sanctions on deripaska's companies saying they were satisfied he was no longer connected. it turns out his still connected to those companies so that was clearly a mistake, but the 2014 sanctions which even predated that did not work either, and the reason is because russians simply transferred these assets to their relatives, and the second reason they didn't work was there was the assumption they'd put pressure on putin to change their policies, and it doesn't work that way in russia. they don't expect these guys will put pressure on putin and they're also hoping to include their families this time of the oligarchs so they can't more easily transfer assets so we'll see if it works better this time. >> okay, robert, thank you >>> our next guest

protesters occupied russian oligarch oleg deripaska's mansion in london's exclusive belgrave square todaymmunity sponsorship scheme set up amid the syrian crisis only helped around 500 refugees in five years. the ambition is much greater this time, and there is undoubted enthusiasm for a scheme that awakens civil society and shows solidarity with ukraine, but whether it can respond adequately to the emergency unfolding across europe remains an open question. mark easton, bbc news. we have a bit of breaking news for you. ijust want we have a bit of breaking news for you. i just want to show you this clip of a woman running onto the set of tv news in russia. the second most popular tv station. the poster the young one was holding said open with no war" in english, and... the poster also showed ukrainian and russian flags. the woman shouted, stop the war, know the war. they cut away very quickly and the woman was removed from set. —— no to war. some other news — china's government has ordered a province of 2a million people into lockdown as it tries to contain a covid—19 outbreak that has sp

so, for example, in 2008 we sanctioned deripaska and rusol you also put on secondary sanctions.n d business with primary sanctions or they get cut off from the dollar system, and that would include s.w.i.f.t. so the answer is i think there needs to be many more primary sanctions, both the s.w.i.f.t. sanctions as well. >> talking about primary sanctions, there's now an unclassified list i think you're a part of putting together in terms of oligarchs that could effectively be sanctioned. and now a task force that's in play to try to either reconstitute that list or sanction some of those people, how should we -- if we were to look at that list what should we -- what do you think should happen >> so let me first say i completely support the administration's move to create a task force, but that's not good enough. in 2017 congress passed the law which required the department of treasury to create both a classified list and unclassified list of both oligarchs and people that were close to putin. the unclassified list merely was a list that said these are all the people that have net

deripaska worth 4 billion and once called putin's favorite industrialist declared last week, peace isr told his london investors the war was a tragedy, but none criticized putin directly. another high-profile businessman, roman abramovic, worth $13 billion, announced he is selling chelsea football club. he has been called the richest man in europe, has product. his yacht, said to have been moved from germany last month. >> keir simmons reporting there. >>> meanwhile, forbes reports germany has seized the yacht of a russian billionaire sanctioned by the european union on monday. "new york post" is reporting russian billionaires are fleeing in their ships to the maldives and seychelles. for more, let's bring in attorney george conway. george, good morning. good to see you. how do you see the task force doing its business? does it have teeth? the russian oligarchs have moved over the years with relative impunity on their yards, in their $100 million new york city apartments. do things change now? >> it is important that the justice department is doing this because it is a very heavy, law

in london squatters took over a mansion suspected of belonging to oleg deripaska, who is sanctioned byed an indictment that charges a russian oligarch who schemed to make illegal campaign contributions to boost a marijuana business. officials say andre moraveve attempted to influence the u.s. election by tending $100 million to candidates and campaigns hoping to win favor for his cannabis business. her latest piece is entitled "what is a russian oligarch and why are they being sanctioned?" lynette, i think we understand why they're being sanctioned. do explain the concept of a russian oligarch, if you would, and how many of them are feeling the heat at this point? >> i think that any russian oligarch needs to feel the heat right now, because what a russian oligarch really is is someone who owns vast amounts of russian wealth and who owes that ownership to vladimir putin. think of it more as a feudal government structure than a dictatorship that we would know. vladimir is on top of everything. he gets to disburse resources like oil companies, chemical companies, fertilizer, all of the w