Photos: Photos from the video
The Only Son of a Russian businessman Mikhail Fridman recorded a video message in which he called for the lifting of sanctions imposed on him and his father.
"My name is Alexander Ozhelsky, I was under sanctions by the government of Ukraine. I didn't do anything wrong. Help put an end to this madness,” the businessman's son writes in English in the description of his video.
In the video, Ozhelsky, also in English, states that he does not understand why sanctions were imposed on him. , that he lives off his own means and that all his achievements are now “at risk because of a bunch of bloody bureaucrats”. According to the businessman's heir, he left Russia from the very beginning of the special operation and now rents an apartment in Dubai and does not live “in a damn mansion.” Ozhelsky says he does not understand Kyiv's decision, which, he says, did not take into account his negative stance in relation to Moscow's foreign policy. The young man is indignant that he was punished “just because of a family relationship with another person” and does not understand “how this is possible in the 21st century.”
“I consider myself Ukrainian, I have relatives in Ukraine and I traveled there every year, but now I can't, – complains Ozhelsky. “It's unfair and unfair.” In fact, Alexander lived in Moscow until the age of 13, then studied at a private English school, started a business in Moscow and was going to study in the USA. October on the imposition of sanctions against 1,374 Russian companies and 2,507 Russians.