- Russian oligarch Oleg Tinkov said Ukraine would win the war against Russia.
- Tinkov called anyone who backed Russia in the war a "moron."
- "Ukraine will win because good always wins over evil, we were taught that at school!" Tinkov wrote.
A Russian oligarch harshly criticized Russian leader Vladimir Putin's regime in an Instagram post on Tuesday, declaring that Ukraine would eventually win the war of "good" against "evil."
Oleg Tinkov, who was once worth more than $9 billion, sold his stake in the digital Tinkoff bank, which he founded in 2006, to comply with sanctions against Russians. Tinkov had previously described the war in Ukraine as "crazy" and called anyone who backed the conflict a "moron" in an April 19 Instagram post.
"Farewell Tinkoff Bank, Farewell Russia," Tinkov wrote on Instagram on Tuesday. "I have nothing left in Russia. And this is bad for Russia. I was one of the few who managed, despite, and not thanks to the regime, to build four different businesses from ZERO!"
Tinkov added that he was proud because he managed to, even "in corrupt and archaic Russia," build an "HONEST, free, and American type of business."
"It is a pity that my country has finally slipped into archaism, paternalism, and servility. There is no Russia, it is all gone," Tinkov wrote.
He added that the attempts by the Kremlin to punish him for expressing his "honest opinion" on the Ukraine war spoke to the "final dehumanization of the regime."
"I lost everything, but I didn't lose my soul," Tinkov added. "I cannot earn money in a country that is at war with a neighbor, killing civilians and children."
He added that he was withdrawing all his businesses from Russia because he did not wish to back the spilling of "the blood of Russian soldiers" and Ukrainians. He also gave his take on the conflict, saying that it was a battle between good and evil and that he felt he was on the side of good.
"Ukraine will win because good always wins over evil. We were taught that at school!" Tinkov wrote.
"I don't know how long I have left to live, but I definitely don't want to die with these billions and be a bastard, a coward, and a schmuck, like 90% of all Russian oligarchs," Tinkov said. "Cowards, you have one life, and you need to live it as a person."
Tinkov's harsh critique of Putin's regime comes after he told The New York Times that he had concerns about being killed by Kremlin agents. The Tinkoff Bank also announced in April that it was changing its name after Tinkov criticized the Russian army and the Ukrainian war, with control of the bank having already been switched to a group of Russia-based directors.