Morgan Stanley and Allen & Overy helping oligarch’s efforts to seize Russian oil firm | Business

An oligarch who has supplied building materials to the Russian military machine and for construction in occupied areas of Ukraine is being assisted by Morgan Stanley and Allen & Overy in his attempt to gain control of a huge Russian oil asset, the Guardian can reveal.

Sergey Kolesnikov, originally from Russia but now a Maltese citizen under its “golden passport” scheme is estimated to be worth $1.2bn (£940m) as a result of the building materials business he co-founded.

Only Poland has imposed sanctions on the 51-year-old but Ukraine has included him on its list of people it wants the EU…

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News Source: www.theguardian.com


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