The Israeli publication states that billionaire Roman Abramovich, together with the Israeli charity ZAKA, filed a lawsuit against the Mizrahi-Tefakhot bank, which refused to accept donations from the entrepreneur due to the sanctions imposed on him by the EU. spheres.
The publication says that the entrepreneur plans to transfer a donation of 8 million shekels ($2.2 million at the current exchange rate) to ZAKA to finance the search and rescue work of this NGO, which continues after the attack on Israel. Palestinian radicals in the Gaza Strip on October 7.
The authors write that the bank refused to accept this transfer because Abramovich was subject to EU and UK sanctions.
The entrepreneur insists that, as an Israeli citizen, he needs to get approval from the bank for this operation.
The publication notes that Israel has not imposed sanctions against him and the billionaire is not under US sanctions.
The entrepreneur’s lawyers claim that the bank’s position “is wrong and has no legal basis,” the publication states.
Before that, Abramovich worked in one of Turkey’s elite restaurants. left The restaurant’s waiter receives an impressive tip.
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