“Goodbye Tinkoff Bank, goodbye Russia... I'm taking Tinkoff and La Datcha brands out of the country.

They belong to my family,” he wrote on his Instagram page*.

Earlier, the businessman criticized the special operation in Ukraine on his page on the social network.

Tinkoff Bank declined to comment on the statement, calling the businessman's words a "personal opinion."

On April 22, Tinkoff Bank announced plans to rebrand and abandon the old brand in 2022.

Later, Interros acquired a 35% stake in the Tinkoff group, the deal was approved by the Central Bank.

* Meta product, activity recognized as extremist, banned in Russia by decision of the Tverskoy Court of Moscow dated 03/21/2022.