Report: Abramovich tied to Russian payment platform created to evade sanctions, serving drone makers

Russian billionaires Roman Abramovich and Viktor Kharitonin may be tied to A7, a payment platform created in 2024 to help Russia move money across borders in defiance of Western sanctions — and which has itself been placed under sanctions. That is the finding of an investigation by the independent Russian investigative outlet Proekt, whose sources describe A7 as the dominant player in the cross-border payments market.