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Viatcheslav Kantor
Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (Russian: Вячеслав Моше Кантор, born 8 September 1953) is a Russian, British and Israeli businessman described as an oligarch, who serves as President of the European Jewish Congress (EJC), President of the World Holocaust Forum Foundation (WHF) and Chairman of the European Jewish Fund (EJF).
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he has been placed on various sanctions lists as a result of which he had temporarily stopped leading the EJC. In 2025, he was removed from the EU and Swiss sanctions list and was elected President of the European Jewish Congress for a fifth term.
Kantor was born and spent his early years in Moscow, and obtained a degree from the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) in 1976 and did research for MAI and NPO Spektr. In 1981, he completed his PhD in Spacecraft Automatic Control Systems. He worked as a scientist and headed one of MAI research laboratories.
In 1989–1993, Kantor was Director General of Intelmas, a telecoms company. In 1996–2000 he was an economic adviser to the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federal Assembly.
Kantor directly or through trusted persons controls the Acron Group, one of the leading mineral fertilizer producers and distributors in the world.
In 2021, Forbes estimated Kantor's net worth at US$7.6 billion.
Kantor has close ties to the Vladimir Putin regime in Russia. In 2014 he allocated at least two million dollars in aid to the voluntary Jewish battalion Matilan, formed to fight the separatists of Donbas backed by the Putin regime.
Kantor was sanctioned by association by the British government in March 2022 in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Consequently University College School has decided to review the name of its sports pavilion which is named after Kantor.
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Viatcheslav Kantor
Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (Russian: Вячеслав Моше Кантор, born 8 September 1953) is a Russian, British and Israeli businessman described as an oligarch, who serves as President of the European Jewish Congress (EJC), President of the World Holocaust Forum Foundation (WHF) and Chairman of the European Jewish Fund (EJF).
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he has been placed on various sanctions lists as a result of which he had temporarily stopped leading the EJC. In 2025, he was removed from the EU and Swiss sanctions list and was elected President of the European Jewish Congress for a fifth term.
Kantor was born and spent his early years in Moscow, and obtained a degree from the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) in 1976 and did research for MAI and NPO Spektr. In 1981, he completed his PhD in Spacecraft Automatic Control Systems. He worked as a scientist and headed one of MAI research laboratories.
In 1989–1993, Kantor was Director General of Intelmas, a telecoms company. In 1996–2000 he was an economic adviser to the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federal Assembly.
Kantor directly or through trusted persons controls the Acron Group, one of the leading mineral fertilizer producers and distributors in the world.
In 2021, Forbes estimated Kantor's net worth at US$7.6 billion.
Kantor has close ties to the Vladimir Putin regime in Russia. In 2014 he allocated at least two million dollars in aid to the voluntary Jewish battalion Matilan, formed to fight the separatists of Donbas backed by the Putin regime.
Kantor was sanctioned by association by the British government in March 2022 in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Consequently University College School has decided to review the name of its sports pavilion which is named after Kantor.