Roman Abramovich

Boris Johnson has outlined new sanctions on Russian oligarchs living in the UK, with Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich among them – here's where Abramovich ...

That is why I am today giving trustees of Chelsea’s charitable Foundation the stewardship and care of Chelsea FC. They should hang their heads in shame.” However, as noted by Mr Bryant above, Abramovich did previously admit to paying for political influence and HMG believes he has “links to the Russian state and his public association with corrupt activity and practices”. On March 2nd, The Telegraph reported in an exclusive that Abramovich has put the club up for sale for a reported sale price of £4 billion. Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea FC, has been sanctioned over his ties with Vladimir Putin in the UK’s stepped up sanctions on oligarchs accused of having the “blood of the Ukrainian people ... on their hands”. The Chelsea Football Club owner is among a new list of wealthy Russian individuals added to the UK’s sanction list over continuing to have ties with the Russian president, who Mr Johnson has called a “bloodstained aggressor”.

A Labour MP used parliamentary privilege to question Roman Abramovich's ownership of Chelsea after Russia invaded Ukraine and that uncertainty has ...

And making sure that other people who've had tier one visas like this are not engaged in malign activity in the UK." "Putin will stand condemned in the eyes of the world and of history," said Johnson on Thursday. "He will never be able to cleanse the blood of Ukraine from his hands. Johnson went on to say: "This hideous and barbarous venture of Vladimir Putin must end in failure."