Sanctions on Russian oligarch donors hit Israel institutions


              FILE - Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich attends the UEFA Women's Champions League final soccer match against FC Barcelona in Gothenburg, Sweden, May 16, 2021. The sanctions on Russian oligarchs with ties to President Vladimir Putin have shaken up the world of Jewish philanthropy. In March 2022, Yad Vashem said it was suspending a reported donation of tens of millions of dollars from Abramovich, owner of the Chelsea Football Club, citing “recent developments,” after he was sanctioned by the U.K. and European Union. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
            
              FILE - Russian businessman, co-founder of Alfa-Group Mikhail Fridman attends a conference of the Israel Keren Hayesod foundation in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 17, 2019. The sanctions on Russian oligarchs with ties to President Vladimir Putin have shaken up the world of Jewish philanthropy. Three oligarchs who have been sanctioned by the West -- Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan -- abruptly resigned in March 2022, from the Genesis Philanthropy Group that funds projects to strengthen Jewish communities and causes around the world. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool, File)
            
              FILE - Then TNK-BP executive director German Khan, foreground left, signs papers, accompanied by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, background right, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, background left, during a ceremony in Meiendorf Castle outside Moscow, July 22, 2008. The sanctions on Russian oligarchs with ties to President Vladimir Putin have shaken up the world of Jewish philanthropy. Three oligarchs who have been sanctioned by the West -- Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan -- abruptly resigned in March 2022, from the Genesis Philanthropy Group that funds projects to strengthen Jewish communities and causes around the world. (Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA-Novosti, Presidential Press Service via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin applauds then Alfa Bank head Petr Aven after awarding him with the Order of Merit to the Fatherland during a ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, July 25, 2005. The sanctions on Russian oligarchs have shaken up the world of Jewish philanthropy. Three oligarchs who have been sanctioned by the West -- Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan -- abruptly resigned in March 2022, from the Genesis Philanthropy Group that funds projects to strengthen Jewish communities and causes around the world. (AP Photo/Alexander Nenenov, Pool, File)
            
              FILE - Dr. Moshe Kantor President of the World Holocaust Forum Foundation speaks at the World Holocaust Forum, at Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial center in Jerusalem, Jan. 23, 2020. Kantor, whose net worth is estimated by Forbes to be $4.6 billion, has severed his longstanding ties to Tel Aviv University – joining a growing list of Russian Jewish oligarchs who have scaled back their philanthropic activities after coming under international sanctions for their ties to President Vladimir Putin. (Ronen Zvulun, Pool via AP, File)
Sanctions on Russian oligarch donors hit Israel institutions