The 54-year-old founder of Tinkoff Bank said: "I decided to renounce my Russian citizenship after Russia's invasion of independent Ukraine. I am against this war, and the killing of peaceful people." Entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov has renounced his Russian citizenship, saying he does not want to be associated with "fascism" or people who collaborate with "killers". The 54-year-old founder of Tinkoff Bank wrote in an Instagram post on Tuesday: "I decided to renounce my Russian citizenship after Russia's invasion of independent Ukraine. I am against this war, and the killing of peaceful people." He said in the post that he was "reiterating" his decision after his original post had "mysteriously disappeared". Ukraine war latest: Putin's hands 'may prove he is unwell' Sota Vision, an independent Russian news outlet, tweeted an image of Mr Tinkov's certificate showing his Russian citizenship terminated, as well as his original Instagram post in which he attacked Russian President Vladimir Putin's