Petr Olegovich Aven (also transliterated Pyotr Aven; Russian: Пëтр Олегович Авен; Latvian: Pjotrs Avens; born 16 March 1955) is a Russian businessman, economist and politician who also holds Latvian citizenship.[1] Until March 2022 he headed Alfa-Bank, Russia's largest commercial bank. In March 2022, he resigned from the board of directors at Alfa-Bank and LetterOne Group to help them avoid sanctions.[2]
In 2023 he was named the 659th richest person in the world, with a net worth of around $4.2 billion.[3]
Aven is a member of Russian leader Vladimir Putin's inner circle.[4] Aven has met with Putin regularly, including soon after the Russian invasion in Ukraine.[5] He is one of many Russian oligarchs named in the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, CAATSA.[6] In 2022, Aven was included in EU sanctions imposed in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. He criticized the sanctions, alleging that they had been applied on a "spurious and unfounded basis,"[7] and filed a lawsuit in the European Court of Justice.[8]
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^Thomas, Daniel; Seddon, Max (2 March 2022). "Mikhail Fridman loses control of LetterOne after sanctions". Financial Times.
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^Zeffman, Sean O’Neill, Louisa Clarence-Smith. "EU sanctions Russian oligarchs and Putin's inner circle cronies". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 3 March 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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^Sheena McKenzie; Nicole Gaouette; Donna Borak (30 January 2018). "Full list of Russian oligarchs released by US". CNN.
^Faulconbridge, Guy (1 March 2022). "Russian billionaire Fridman to contest 'groundless' EU sanctions". Reuters – via www.reuters.com.
^"Авен и Фридман подали иски в Европейский суд юстиции против Совета ЕС - ТАСС". Tacc.
Petr Olegovich Aven (also transliterated Pyotr Aven; Russian: Пëтр Олегович Авен; Latvian: Pjotrs Avens; born 16 March 1955) is a Russian businessman...
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and official in its published dossier. In May 2017, Mikhail Fridman, PetrAven, and German Khan – the owners of Alfa Bank – filed a defamation lawsuit...
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University (1958) Academic advisors Leonid Kantorovich Other notable students PetrAven, Yegor Gaidar Influences Hayek Awards USSR State Prize (1968)...
Review, Vol. 26, No. 67 "Голиков Аркадий из Арзамаса", by Timur Gaidar PetrAven, Alfred Kokh (2015). Gaidar's Revolution: The Inside Account of the Economic...
into countries of the former Soviet Union. In 2007, the Latvian-Russian PetrAven of Alfa Bank offered to buy Parex Banka from Kargins and Krasovitsky....
German Khan, who owns Russia's Alfa-Bank along with Mikhail Fridman and PetrAven, three men named in the Steele dossier. Van der Zwaan pleaded guilty on...
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