Roman Abramovich

UK sports minister Nigel Huddleston insists the sanctions placed on Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich are not designed to hurt the club's fans.The Blues.

We are doing everything to ensure Chelsea can operate. Huddleston added: “What needs to be understood is that there will be sanctions. We want to make sure the sanctions hit those who are aimed to be hit, and not others.”

Roman Abramovich appears to be on a mission to get his assets out of Europe as sanctions tighten. His superyacht Solaris, worth £430m, is heading south, ...

"Can the government allow an entity to fail? Its primary condition is that Abramovich does not financially benefit from any sale. Israel currently has no sanctions on Russian oligarchs, and the billionaire owns property in the country. His shares on the London stock exchange cannot be sold and won't pay dividends, and he can no longer benefit from the planned £3bn sale of the club. He was photographed at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport on Monday afternoon before flying for a brief stop in Istanbul; Turkey is another possible safe destination for Russian money. The British government is open to a sale and wishes to minimalise impact on the club and its fans, but Chelsea is required to approach the government with a proposal before a new licence is granted.

The Roman Abramovich (pictured) spotted in the departure lounge of Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport this week was a very different creature from the ...

The Chelsea owner was spotted at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport in Israel on Monday before the plane linked to him flew to Istanbul.

Scores of Russian oligarchs and politicians allied to Vladimir Putin will be hit with fresh UK sanctions on Tuesday after MPs passed tougher laws to crack down on dirty overseas money. Mr Abramovich was hit with an asset freeze and travel ban by the UK last Thursday because of his alleged close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, which he disputes. It could not be confirmed if Mr Abramovich boarded the flight to Istanbul or the one from Istanbul to Moscow.

The European Union hit Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich with another wave of sanctions as the bloc targets a new package of measures at Russia and President ...

According to the BBC, Abramovich made billions after buying an oil company from the Russian government in a rigged auction in 1995. The sanctions on Abramovich are also affecting his football club. This connection with the Russian leader helped him to maintain his considerable wealth”. The EU added the 55-year-old to its updated list of individuals facing an asset freeze and travel bans in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to the 27-nation bloc, Abramovich’s economic activities provided substantial revenues to the Russian government. The European Council added 15 individuals and nine entities to its list of people and bodies sanctioned.

They can't make profits, can't sell tickets, can't extend any contracts and can't make new signings. What might Chelsea look like next season?

And what happens when a team is no longer the personal plaything of a multibillionaire? This is a modal window. This is a modal window. No, first it was Trevor Birch, the Ernst & Young accountant-turned-Chelsea chief executive, who told the team "in no uncertain terms that this would be one of the most significant matches of their lives," as John Clegg and Joshua Robinson write in "The Club," their history of the Premier League. Then came Charles Chandler Krulak, a four-star American general who served in World War II and the wars in Korea and Vietnam. They did, and here we are: Chelsea have won two Champions League titles and five Premier League trophies since 2003 ... and Abramovich has been banned by the Premier League and had his assets frozen by the British government. With one match left in the 2002-03 season, Chelsea and Liverpool were tied in fourth place on 64 points.

The EU has imposed sanctions on the boss of anti-war protester Marina Ovsyannikova at Russia's Channel One, along with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich for ...

Reporting like this is vital to establish the facts, who is lying and who is telling the truth. We know there is no substitute for being there – and we’ll stay on the ground, as we did during the 1917 revolution, the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s, the collapse of 1991 and the first Russo-Ukrainian conflict in 2014. Greater numbers of people can keep track of the global events shaping our world, understand their impact on people and communities, and become inspired to take meaningful action. Roman Abramovich is among 15 individuals newly targeted by the EU after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Photograph: John Sibley/ReutersRoman Abramovich is among 15 individuals newly targeted by the EU after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Photograph: John Sibley/ReutersThe EU has imposed sanctions on the boss of anti-war protester Marina Ovsyannikova at Russia’s Channel One, along with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich for his “very good relations with Vladimir Putin”.Konstantin Ernst, the chief executive of the state-controlled TV channel, and Chelsea football club’s owner are among 15 individuals newly targeted by the EU, according to the agreed text. On Abramovich, the EU said that it was following the UK in imposing sanctions as he had “long and close ties to Vladimir Putin”, adding that he had “privileged access to the president, and has maintained very good relations with him”.“This connection with the Russian leader helped him to maintain his considerable wealth,” the EU text says. Our correspondents are on the ground in Ukraine covering the war, as well as throughout the world, delivering round-the-clock reporting and analysis during this perilous moment. And we provide all this for free, for everyone to read. They’re lying to you here.” It was signed in English: “Russians against the war.”She has been arrested and her whereabouts are unknown.The EU’s legal text on its fourth round of sanctions describes Ernst as being “responsible for organising and disseminating anti-Ukrainian propaganda of the Russian authorities”.It notes that he has “also received the highest state awards, including the orders For Services to the Fatherland, the Order of Friendship, letters of appreciation and prizes from the government and the president of the Russian Federation, as well as the medal ‘To the participant in the military operation in Syria’”.Sheynin, who worked alongside Ovsyannikova, is said to be a “a Russian propagandist and presenter of talkshow Vremya Pokazhet (“Time will tell”) on the state-controlled TV Channel One”.The text says: “He made statements in support of the illegal annexation of Crimea and recognition of the independence of the so-called Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics. Tens of millions have placed their trust in the Guardian’s fearless journalism since we started publishing 200 years ago, turning to us in moments of crisis, uncertainty, solidarity and hope. It’s our job at the Guardian to decipher a rapidly changing landscape, particularly when it involves a mounting refugee crisis and the risk of unthinkable escalation. In his live broadcasts, Sheynin promotes ethnic hatred between Ukrainians and Russians, denies the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and slanders Putin’s opponents in Russia.”It adds: “Talking about 24 February 2022, the day of the Russian full-scale unjustified military aggression against Ukraine, Sheynin stated that the Russian operation in Ukraine was inevitable and its purpose was to force the Ukrainian authorities to maintain peace.”Also included on the list is Tigran Khudaverdyan, the executive director of Yandex, the Russian-language search engine and web portal.Yandex’s former head of news, Lev Gershenzon, accused the company earlier this month of being a “key element in hiding information” from Russians about the war in Ukraine.According to the EU, the company has been “warning Russian users looking for news about Ukraine on its search engine of unreliable information on the internet, after the Russian government threatened Russian media over what they publish”.Sign up to the daily Business Today email or follow Guardian Business on Twitter at @BusinessDeskJosep Borrell, the EU’s foreign affairs chief, said: “This fourth package of sanctions is another major blow to the economic and logistic base upon which Russia relies on to carry out the invasion of Ukraine. The aim of the sanctions is that President Putin stops this inhuman and senseless war.”Shareholders in the Alfa group investment conglomerate, German Khan and Alexey Kuzmichev, are also on the sanctions list.Some of Europe’s big industrial producers, including Germany and Italy, successfully won exemptions, however, so the export bans will not include iron ore, palladium and nickel.Poland and the Baltic States had battled to close down these exemptions, but lostout to a group of more conservative member states, including Germany, Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria, according to diplomatic sources.“The ‘sanctionistas’, Poland and the Balts, are afraid the others are missing the sense of urgency, especially as rockets are landing near their borders,” one EU diplomat said.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has abruptly transformed the world. Abramovich was seen on Monday in a VIP lounge at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport shortly before a jet linked to him took off for Istanbul.Along with the extended list of individuals on whom asset freeze and travel bans are imposed the EU is also banning investments in Russia’s energy sector, as well as exports of finished steel products worth €3.3bn a year to the Russian economy and most luxury goods, such as precious stones, clothes and carpets, over the value of €300 (£252) and cars priced at more than €50,000.Other luxuries covered by the export ban are horses, caviar, truffles, wine, beer, spirits, tobacco products, leather products, handbags, clothing, clocks, watches, works of art, musical instruments and sports equipment.There is also a transaction ban with nine Russian state-owned enterprises, though none of them are in the oil and gas sector, and the EU has prohibited the rating of the country and its companies by credit rating agencies.Brussels has made a discernible effort to squeeze individuals and entities that have aided Putin in spreading his message about the invasion of Ukraine.RT and Sputnik have already been prohibited from broadcasting within the 27 member states and the inclusion of Ernst and a presenter Channel One, Artyom Sheynin, in the EU list has added poignancy after the protest by his colleague on Monday evening.Ovsyannikova, an editor at Channel One, had burst on to the set of the live broadcast of the nightly news, shouting: “Stop the war.

Officials said the oligarch had 'privileged access' to Vladimir Putin, and this connection 'helped him maintain his considerable wealth'.

The sanctions on Abramovich are also affecting his football club. This connection with the Russian leader helped him to maintain his considerable wealth”. The EU included the Russian oligarch in its updated list of individuals facing an asset freeze and travel bans over their role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian-Israeli billionaire put the Blues up for sale on March 2, with some fans continuing to chant his name.

“There are restrictions and we have to deal with it. “But we will deal with it. “We owe it to the people who support us. Of course, we are in the spotlight and it is our responsibility to do so. When quizzed on Johnson’s call on Chelsea fans, Tuchel replied: “I just heard about it some minutes ago. There are adjustments in the amount of staff, who is travelling, how many rooms we have in hotels and how we arrive at matches.”

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. The impact of sanctions on Abramovich, now labelled a “a pro-Kremlin oligarch” by the UK Government, will now see the attempted sale of Chelsea put on hold while Abramovich’s assets are frozen. 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 UK government hit the billionaire with sanctions last week and said the decision was made because of his "close relationship for decades" with Russian ...

Reuters said it had obtained a photo showing him in the lounge and wearing a mask under his chin. A video also appears to show him at the airport, removing his jacket. However, the sanctions imposed on him in the UK means his sale of the club may not be possible. Mr Abramovich will have his assets frozen, will also face a prohibition on transactions with UK individuals and businesses and will have a travel ban forbidding him to enter the UK. And Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid said his country "will not be a route to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and other Western countries". The Chelsea owner was sanctioned in the UK last week with the British government saying the move was due to Mr Abramovich having a "close relationship for decades" with Mr Putin.

Roman Abramovich is said to be suspected to be part of an organised crime group which cheated the Russian government out of a $2.7bn oil deal.

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Ikiganiro BBC Panorama casize ahabona ivyemezo vy'amasezerano yaranzwe na ruswa yatumye nyene umurwi wa Chelsea yegeranya ubutunzi.

BRUSSELS : Top European Union diplomats have agreed to add Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich to the EU list of Russian billionaires sanctioned ...

The new sanctions will hit people active in the Russian steel industry and others who provide financial services, military products and technology to the Russian state, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday. The informal greenlight to Abramovich's listing came in a meeting on Sunday, one source said, and the EU envoys will reconvene at 1100 GMT on Monday to adopt the measure and a further set of economic sanctions against Russia. In what would be the fourth package of EU sanctions against Russia since its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, the 27-nation bloc will ban the export of luxury goods to Russia, including expensive cars.

The billionaire oligarch looked grey, tired and thin as he appeared to flee Tel Aviv in his private jet yesterday lunchtime - just hours after Israel said ...

ROMAN Abramovich is said to have been part of a £2billion scam and had his wealth protected through blackmail and kidnap, a BBC Panorama investigatio.

After Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK last week, attention has turned to his love life as reports claim he is dating someone new.

She is a Russian-American art collector, businesswoman, magazine editor, and socialite whose father is oil trader Alexander Zhukov. However, they divorced just three years later in 1990 and had no children together. The sanctions mean that his attempts to sell the club have been halted, Chelsea cannot sell any more match tickets, the club is unable to buy or sell players and its merchandise shop is closed.

Roman Abramovic has been spotted in public for the first time since the start of the Ukraine invasion as his private jet is tracked to Israel and Turkey, ...

MyLondon's brilliant newsletter The 12 is absolutely jam packed with all the latest to keep you keep you entertained, informed and uplifted. Do you want to stay up to date with the latest news, views, features and opinion from across the city? Abramovich, 55, is facing the loss of billions of pounds and he is looking at £2billion losses after Chelsea F. C and his London property has been seized. He has been sanctioned by the UK Government for his links to Putin and his role as a Russian oligarch, now the EU are set to follow suit. It was the first time he had been seen in public since Chelsea ’s victory in the World Club cup in Abu Dhabi on February 12. The former Chelsea owner has also been accused of making billions of pounds through “shady deals” and rigged auctions.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has been spotted in public for the first time since he was sanctioned by the UK government towards the end of last week.

The deadline for any bidders is said to be on Friday, with Sky Sports claiming there is around 200 parties interested in the club. There are said to be several interested parties in the purchase of the club. The 55-year-old still intends to sell the west London club in the near future, but the process has been made a whole lot more complicated because of the sanctions imposed on him.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is reportedly in Moscow after being seen at an airport in Israel amid anger over his links to Russia President Vladimir Putin ...

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Officials said the oligarch had 'privileged access' to Vladimir Putin, and this connection 'helped him maintain his considerable wealth'.

The sanctions on Abramovich are also affecting his football club. This connection with the Russian leader helped him to maintain his considerable wealth”. The EU included the Russian oligarch in its updated list of individuals facing an asset freeze and travel bans over their role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

European Union adds Roman Abramovich to list of Russian oligarchs facing asset freeze and travel bans; Chelsea withdraw request for FA Cup quarter-final ...

"Because if you just look at Chelsea Football Club, it's in a kind of limbo at the moment. You could make the case that the government have bent over backwards to be accommodating to Chelsea and their supporters. Labour former minister Chris Bryant told the House of Commons: "We should not just be freezing, we should be seizing assets. They feel there's a real chance they won't be able to continue this season if some of these restrictions are not loosened and relaxed." But the government have decided they will try to make sure Chelsea stay in business and continue playing. We would welcome the sale (of the club) and we would change the licence to enable that sale, and that would be important for Chelsea."

As Roman Abramovich was hit by more sanctions, the BBC last night laid out for the first time exactly how he made his money, including allegations of ...

Officials said the oligarch had 'privileged access' to Vladimir Putin, and this connection 'helped him maintain his considerable wealth'.

The sanctions on Abramovich are also affecting his football club. This connection with the Russian leader helped him to maintain his considerable wealth”. The EU included the Russian oligarch in its updated list of individuals facing an asset freeze and travel bans over their role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Nick Candy is one of the many interested parties in taking over Chelsea Football Club and the British businessman has now reportedly had a meeting over the ...

If the club requires money to operate in the short-term, Mr Candy would be happy to help ensure it has the necessary financial resources, subject to government approval." Mr Candy cares hugely about the future of the club and believes the fans and the community are central to its continued success. Asked if the fans needed to be involved in the ownership, Candy responded: "One hundred per cent and they should be involved.

CHELSEA chief Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned and disqualified from the west London club amidst the conflict in Ukraine.

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The Russian-Israeli billionaire put the Blues up for sale on March 2, with some fans continuing to chant his name.

“We owe it to the people who support us. “There are restrictions and we have to deal with it. “But we will deal with it. When quizzed on Johnson’s call on Chelsea fans, Tuchel replied: “I just heard about it some minutes ago. Chelsea owner Abramovich has been sanctioned by the Government after Downing Street claimed to have proven the 55-year-old’s links to Vladimir Putin. Chelsea owner Abramovich has been sanctioned by the Government after Downing Street claimed to have proven the 55-year-old’s links to Vladimir Putin.