Israeli-Russian billionaire Yuri Milner said Monday that he has renounced his Russian citizenship after fleeing the country in 2014, according to The Guardian.
Milner is the founder of online investment firm DST Global and grew his fortune by investing in Chinese technology companies such as e-commerce platforms Alibaba and JD.com.
"My family and I left Russia permanently in 2014, following Russia's annexation of Crimea," Milner said in a tweet. "And this summer, we officially completed the process of renouncing our Russian citizenship."
Milner has been an Israeli citizen since 1999 and has not visited Russia since 2014.
Milner also has no assets in Russia, 97% of his personal wealth was created abroad, and “Yuri has never met Vladimir Putin, either individually or as a group.