A Russian tycoon is offering a $1m bounty to any military officer who apprehends Russian President Vladimir Putin for committing wars in his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, according to The Independent.
Alex Konanykhin, an entrepreneur and former banker, posted the bounty on LinkedIn, writing: “I promise to pay $1,000,000 to the officer(s) who, complying with their constitutional duty, arrest(s) Putin as a war criminal under Russian and international laws.”
“Putin is not the Russian president as he came to power as the result of a special operation of blowing up apartment buildings in Russia, then violated the Constitution by eliminating free elections and murdering his opponents.”
He continued: “As an ethnic Russian and a Russia citizen, I see it as my moral duty to facilitate the denazification of Russia. I will continue my assistance to Ukraine in its heroic efforts to withstand the onslaught of Putin’s Orda.”
“Orda” means “horde” in Russian.
The post also included a photo of Putin with the words “Wanted: Dead or alive. Vladimir Putin for mass murder.” The post appears to be taken down.
According to Newsweek, Konanykhin made his fortune by starting more than 100 companies by the age of 25, following the fall of communism in Russia. He was arrested in 1996 while living in the US after Russian authorities claimed he had embezzled $8m from the Russian Exchange Bank.
Konanykhin was later granted political asylum after FBI agents testified that the Russian mafia had take out a contract to kill him. He is currently based in New York City and is the CEO of TransparentBusiness, a digital work platform, Newsweek reports.
