1. Pavel Yakovlevich Fuks is a Russian-Ukrainian oligarch based in the United Kingdom.
25 Facts About Pavel Fuks
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Pavel Fuks began his career in Russia, where he acquired Russian citizenship and accumulated most of his wealth.
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Pavel Fuks is known for founding Mos City Group, a now-defunct construction company that operated in Russia.
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Pavel Fuks holds Ukrainian and Russian citizenship, and has indefinite leave to remain in the UK, but claims that he surrendered his Russian passport in 2022.
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Pavel Fuks was born in October 1971, in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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Between 1997 and 2003, Pavel Fuks pursued further education at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, specializing in international economy.
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Pavel Fuks began his career after relocating to Russia following his graduation.
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In 2000, Pavel Fuks invested in an oil company named Nefthold LLC, which was later found to have connections with Russian politicians and government officials.
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In June 2008, Pavel Fuks entered negotiations with Donald Trump regarding the construction of Trump Tower in Moscow.
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In 2017, Pavel Fuks hired Rudy Giuliani's law firm to help improve Kharkiv's public image.
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The New York Times reported that Pavel Fuks asserted Giuliani was hired as a lobbyist.
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The report revealed that Pavel Fuks was negotiating the acquisition of Quickpace Limited, a Cypriot company holding $160 million in assets managed by Viktor Yanukovych, the fourth President of Ukraine, and sanctioned oligarch Serhiy Kurchenko.
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Pavel Fuks has been accused of operating false flag influence campaigns in Ukraine to benefit Russian aggression and seeking access to president Trump to allegedly ingratiate himself to Russian intelligence service, FSB.
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Together with Ihor Kolomoyskyi and Vitaliy Khomutynnik, Pavel Fuks is a co-owner of Ukrnaftoburinnya, one of Ukraine's largest gas producers worth $500 million.
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Pavel Fuks was called one of the most likely buyers of Prominvestbank, controlled by Russia's Vnesheconombank.
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In 2019, Pavel Fuks was charged in absentia for embezzlement of funds.
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Pavel Fuks Fuchs denied any association with Golden Derrick and described the sanctions as a "personal revenge" by Oleksiy Danilov.
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Pavel Fuks highlighted his longstanding partnership with Mykhailo Brodsky, beginning with their mutual involvement in the Yabloko Party.
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In May 2023, the SBU issued an indictment of Pavel Fuks accusing him of large-scale financial manipulations with strategic enterprises in Ukraine and systematic tax evasion.
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Pavel Fuks has repeatedly been included in the rating of billionaires of the magazine, Finance.
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In 2014, Pavel Fuks was made the Honorary Citizen of Kharkov Gennady Kernes.
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Pavel Fuks had Russian citizenship, but in June 2021, he indicated that he had renounced it.
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Pavel Fuks has regularly aided Kharkiv, having taken part in the restoration of the Kharkiv Philharmonic Society and construction of the Church of the Holy Queen Tamara and a monument to the mythical founder of Kharkiv, cossack Kharko.
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Pavel Fuks has supported athletes, including giving Ukrainian freestyle skier Oleksandr Abramenko and his mentor and senior coach of the Ukrainian national team, Enver Ablaev, certificates for 50 thousand dollars each for their achievements in Pyeongchang at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games.
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The legal proceedings lasted for several years, and after Pavel Fuks became a Ukrainian citizen, they began to concern only Shishkin.