“I lost everything, but I didn’t lose my Soul.

I can't make money in a country that is at war with its neighbor, killing civilians and children, I don't need any grounds! ”

- wrote the businessman.

The day before, Tinkov told the New York Times in an interview that he had sold his stake in Tinkoff Bank under pressure from the authorities.

The banker claims that the next day after posting on Instagram (he posted it on April 19), in which he harshly criticized the military actions of the Russian authorities in Ukraine, the administration of Russian President Vladimir Putin contacted the management of Tinkoff Bank and threatened to threaten him. if Zinkov does not sever ties with him.

Last week, 35% of the shares of TCS Group Holding - the main structure of the Russian group "Tinkoff" - in the family of Oleg Tinkov bought the group "Interros".

The Bank of Russia has approved the deal, its parameters are not disclosed, but the businessman himself said he sold his stake "for a penny."

Tinkou called the deal a "desperate sale, a discount sale" imposed on him by the Kremlin.

According to Kommersant sources, in the second half of March Tinkov's representatives began offering Russian financial market participants his share for $ 300 million. billion