Rich Russian Jews

Asteroid the size of superyacht to pass Earth - NASA

Asteroid 2022 RW is one of three asteroids set to fly past Earth on September 5, according to NASA. At an estimated 140 meters wide, it's comparable to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich's yacht.

|ByAARON REICH
An asteroid is seen colliding with a planet in this artistic depiction.
Dan Rapoport (18 September 2014).

Anti-Putin businessman’s apparent suicide to be investigated by DC police

Several Russian business executives have died of suspicious circumstances amid the onset of the Russian-Ukrainian War. 

|ByBEN ZION GAD
Julia Milner and Yuri Milner attend the 2020 Breakthrough Prize Red Carpet at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, Nov. 3, 2019.

Russian Jewish billionaire Yuri Milner pledges $100 million for Ukrainian refugee relief

A dual Russian and Israeli citizen who lives in California, Milner, and his wife Julia, are best known in the world of philanthropy.

|ByASAF SHALEV/JTA
Whatsapp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum

Israeli gov't looking to harness tech impact of Russian-speaking Jews

Limmud Labs is designed to find young people like Brin, and “empower them to be active in their local and greater Jewish communities,” Omer Yankelevich, Israel’s minister of Diaspora Affairs said

|ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA

Nemtsov murder reminds Russian Jews of lingering anti-Semitism

“His murder is the low point in a process that started about two years ago which has left the Jewish intelligentsia and its milieu feeling more uneasy than ever before in post-communist Russia.”

MARCH 3, 2015ByJTA
Opposition leader Boris Nemstsov

Jewish group cuts funding for Kiev office over criticism of Putin

Office head Zissels was outspoken against Russia’s actions in Ukraine and co-signed a letter accusing Putin of abusing anti-Semitism concerns.

JULY 3, 2014BySAM SOKOL, JTA
Vladimir Putin. [File]