Greens welcome FM agreement to action against oligarchs in Scotland
The Scottish Government must immediately halt the payment of agricultural subsidies and other forms of state support for estates and companies owned by Kremlin associates, the Scottish Greens said today.
Speaking at First Minister’s Questions Ross Greer MSP highlighted that Vladimir Lisin, a Russian oligarch on the US Treasury’s Putin list, received hundreds of thousands in CAP payments for his Perthshire estate in recent years. Between 2016 and 2019 £682,896 was received by Aburchill estate, which was purchased by Lisin in 2005.
Mr Greer said:
“It is vital that the Scotland plays our part in the international sanctions effort aimed at the Kremlin following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. I am extremely grateful to the First Minister, who has agreed to Green calls for an immediate review of Scotland’s agricultural payments system and all other relevant schemes to ensure that no Russian oligarch or Kremlin associate receives a penny of public money here. Standing with the people of Ukraine must mean putting maximum pressure on Putin’s cronies, wherever in the world they operate."