Russians Flee to Favorite Tourism Locales of Dubai and Maldives
Skift Take
Sanctions be damned, destinations like Dubai and Maldives continue to welcome an inflow of Russian rubles to their tourism economies.
Sitting in a plush room of what seems like a hotel or a villa at The Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, Sonia Plotnikova’s Instagram post about “the strongest country” Russia, invited the wrath of social media users.
Plotnikova is the daughter of Vladimir Plotnikov, an MP of Putin’s party and the richest deputy of the Perm City Duma. In the last 48 hours, Plotnikova’s posts are all tagged with a Dubai location.
As the West slapped sanctions on Russian oligarchs, destinations like Dubai and Maldives have proved to be a safe haven for those Russians wanting to flee the country.
Alex Finley, a former officer of the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, started the hashtag #YachtWatch after spotting some yachts owned by Russian oligarchs in her n
