Russian businessman told the Russian president came to power by "blowing up apartment buildings throughout Russia."
In a post on social media this week, Russian businessman Alex Konanykhin offered a $1,000,000 reward for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as Russia continued its invasion of Ukraine.
"I offer to give $1,000,000 to the officer(s) who, in accordance with their constitutional responsibility, arrest(s) Putin as a war criminal under Russian and international law," Konanykhin said on LinkedIn. "Putin is not the Russian president since he came to power by a special operation of blowing up apartment buildings in Russia, then violated the Constitution by removing free elections and executing his opponents."
"As an ethnic Russian and a Russian citizen, I believe it is my moral duty to aid with Russia's de-Nazification. I will continue to support Ukraine in its brave attempts to fight Putin's Orda "the businessman said The Russian equivalent for "horde" orders, which refers to a predatory, robbing gang.
The post was accompanied by an image of Putin with the words "Wanted: either dead or alive. Vladimir Putin is responsible for mass murder."
Konanykhin has had a complicated relationship with the Russian government.
According to a 1996 Washington Post article, Konanykhin studied at the Moscow Physics and Technical Institute before dropping out and establishing a student construction cooperative. He then ventured into a variety of other companies, such as banking, stocks, and real estate.
By the age of 25, he had built a business empire of over 100 companies. His businesses were worth almost $300 million by 1992. He was even a member of Russia's first delegation to Washington that year, led by then-President Boris Yeltsin.
Konanykhin and his wife were arrested by federal immigration officers in 1996 while living in the United States on grounds of breaking the terms of their American visas. The lawsuit appears to have been initiated after Russian officials said he stole $8 million from the Russian Exchange Bank in Moscow.
The case extended several weeks, with FBI agents testifying that the Russian mafia had put out a contract on Konanykhin's life and a former KGB agent testifying that he had severe questions about the charges brought against the billionaire.
According to the Post, Konanykhin stated during the trial that some of his business aides at the Russian Exchange Bank began pressuring him for money and making threats, causing him to relocate to Hungary. He stated that he was then threatened with further assault, causing him to leave to the Czech Republic and subsequently to New York.
Konanykhin expressed concern about the threats made against Russian authorities and potentially Yeltsin himself. Authorities eventually stopped looking into the threats and began looking into him, claiming he had unlawfully moved $8 million from the bank to his personal accounts offshore. According to Russian officials, his version of events was created in order to discredit his former employees.
He was later released from detention and granted political asylum after a compromise was made. However, the Board of Immigration Appeals revoked his political asylum and ordered his deportation just a few years later. Konanykhin and his wife made an attempt to flee to Canada, but they were caught.
The couple's deportation was halted after a series of emergency hearings after U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis declared the order unconstitutional "I have a strong feeling that somebody in the executive branch wants to send this man back to Russia for reasons I don't understand. It's revolting "The Moscow Times reported on this. In 2007, he was granted asylum once more.
In 2011, he established TransparentBusiness, a company that assists businesses in managing their remote workers. He is also a cast member of Unicorn Hunters, a show that allows unicorn founders to pitch to millions of investors worldwide.
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