UK imposes sanctions against ‘Nickel King’, Russia’s second richest person

Vladimir Potanin latest oligarch to be subjected to sanctions as ministers target Putin's inner circle'

Vladimir Potanin, known as the Nickel King" and Russia's second richest person, has become the latest Russian oligarch to be subjected to sanctions by the UK as ministers target Putin's inner circle".

The government on Wednesday announced sanctions against Potanin, who was deputy prime minister under Boris Yelstin; Anna Tsivileva, a cousin of Putin and president of the prominent Russian coal mining company JSC Kolmar Group; and Said Gutseriev, son of the already blacklisted Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev.