Russian oligarch and real estate developer Vladislav Doronin has publicly condemned Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, in a statement to DailyMail.com.
The billionaire businessman and former longtime boyfriend of supermodel Naomi Campbell spoke out after a small group of protesters gathered outside his soon-to-open posh Midtown Manhattan hotel - Aman New York - over the weekend.
'I denounce the aggression of Russia on Ukraine and fervently wish for peace,' Doronin said on Monday.
'I was born in the USSR, a union which no longer exists, which comprised both Russia and Ukraine. I left in 1986 before its dissolution and have therefore never been a Russian national.
Russian real estate developer Vladislav Doronin, the former boyfriend of supermodel Naomi Campbell (right), has denounced Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine
Doronin spoke out amid calls from protesters for Russian oligarchs to take a stand against Putin and the war
'As an international businessman with teams situated across all corners of the globe,' Doronin continued, 'I have always embraced a culture of inclusion and peace.
Doronin, 59, is owner and chairman of Aman Resorts, which is planning to open a luxury hotel and 'urban sanctuary' in the former Museum of Modern Art in the spring, offering $100,000 memberships to a private club featuring a three-story spa with a 25-meter indoor pool, sauna and steam rooms, and a terrace with cabana, day bed and fireplace.
Peter Zinkovetsky, a New York real estate attorney from Ukraine who has family holed up in a bomb shelter in Kharkiv, helped organize Saturday's rally, which brought a few dozen people from a larger protest in Times Square to picket the property near the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street.
'This is as prime real estate as you can get,' Zinkovetsky told DailyMail.com hours after the protest.
'Every oligarch needs to take a stand, do you support the war in Ukraine, do you support Russian regime?' he added.
'If an owner of such a large corporation cannot answer such a simple question, that speaks for itself.'
Doronin, 59, is owner and chairman of Aman Resorts, whose newest hotel Aman New York is set to open this spring in Manhattan's iconic Crown Building
The resort is offering $100,000 memberships to a private club featuring a three-story spa with a 25-meter indoor pool, sauna and steam rooms, and a terrace with cabana, day bed and fireplace
Doronin spoke out after protesters from a larger protest in Times Square gathered to picket the property near the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street over the weekend. Pictured: Demonstrators in New York City
Doronin is also the CEO and chairman of US-based international development company, OKO Group, which has locations in Miami and Manhattan.
The company currently has several development projects in the works including Aman New York, and two residential and one commercial site in Miami.
Protesters had been planning to gather outside one of Doronin's properties in Miami on Monday, before he issued a statement opposing the war.
'That was because of the protest,' Zinkovetsky insisted, though Doronin did not acknowledge his comments were connected.
'He had no comment before that. That was my point exactly, that once you push with the Russian oligarchs, with the Russian companies, they will
