Offshore firm links BBC chair to sanction-hit Russian ‘Nickel King’
by Jim Waterson Media editor from World news | The Guardian on (#62GAN)
Richard Sharp used Cayman Island company to invest in crypto firm founded by oligarch, documents reveal
The BBC's chair used an offshore Cayman Islands company to invest in a crypto business founded by a now sanction-hit Russian oligarch.
Richard Sharp was an early investor in Atomyze, a Swiss blockchain business established by the oligarch Vladimir Potanin. Also known as the Nickel King", Potanin has played ice hockey with Vladimir Putin and was one of the oligarchs summoned to the Kremlin when Russia invaded Ukraine.
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