Nevzlin, Leonid, 1959-

Leonid Borisovich Nevzlin (Russian: Леонид Борисович Невзлин; Hebrew: לאוניד בוריסוביץ' נבזלין; born 21 September 1959) is an Israeli businessman, investor, philanthropist, and former Russian oligarch. Nevzlin occupied various high-ranking positions at Group Menatep and its subsidiary, the Yukos Oil Company. In 2008, Nevzlin was tried by the Russian state in absentia and was found guilty of several counts of conspiracy to murder, consequently sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2014, the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in favor of Nevzlin and other Yukos shareholders, calling the actions of the Russian state "a ruthless campaign to destroy Yukos and to expropriate its assets". Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Nevzlin renounced his Russian citizenship, stating that: "I consider the majority of the population of this nation to be Russian slave cattle."