“I don’t see a single beneficiary of this mad war! Innocent people and soldiers are dying ». To say it is not a Ukrainian but the rich Russian Oleg Tinkov, founder of Tinkoff Bank, Russia’s second largest credit card issuer, in an Instagram post.
Several Russian billionaires, during these 56 days of conflict in Ukraine, have publicly called for peace, but many Russians have mobilized and gathered support with an advertising campaign using the “Z” logo of the armed forces.
“Of course there are idiots who draw Z, but 10% of any country are idiots. 90% of the Russians are against this war! ” wrote Tinkov, who denied having close relations with Putin or the Kremlin. “Kremlin officials are shocked that neither they nor their children will go to the Mediterranean in the summer. Businessmen are trying to save the rest of their properties, ”he said.
Not only that, the banker in his post pointed out that “the (Russian) generals, waking up with a hangover, realized they had an army of shit,” wrote Tinkov. “And how could the army be good if everything else in the country is shit and mired in nepotism, flattery and servility?” Then, he concluded, in English, “Dear ‘West’, please give Mr. Putin a clear way out to save face and stop this massacre. Please be more rational and humanitarian. “
Oleg Tinkov owns approximately 35% of TCS Group Holding (TCSq.L) based in Cyprus. The company ranges under the Tinkoff brand from banking and insurance to mobile services. The company’s stock price plummeted this year. The entrepreneur, 54, stepped down as president of Tinkoff Bank in 2020.