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    • Tuesday, 20 June, 2023
      Due Diligence
      What is happening with Abramovich’s frozen cash? Premium content

      Plus, Italy strips China’s Sinochem of its powers at Pirelli and Manchester United’s billionaire owners must make a decision

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    • Sunday, 18 June, 2023
      Chelsea FC PLC
      Chelsea FC’s £2.3bn Ukraine fund delayed by dispute over where it is spent

      Aid remains in UK bank until agreement is reached on whether funds can be spent outside war-torn country

    • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Washington and London crack down on financial fixers for Russian oligarchs

      Latest moves target those who helped blacklisted individuals hide their assets in ‘complex financial networks’

      Alisher Usmanov and Roman Abramovich
    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      Truphone
      Telecoms company backed by Abramovich sold for £1

      Truphone bought by two European businessmen following months of uncertainty after sanctions on Russian oligarch

      Roman Abramovich walks outside
    • Saturday, 6 August, 2022
      Football
      The EPL ones to watch

      A who’s who of cultural annexation and capital flight

    • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
      ReviewTheatre
      Putin and Berezovsky play chilling power games in Patriots at the Almeida Theatre

      Tom Hollander and Will Keen excel in Peter Morgan’s riveting new drama. Plus: Emilia Clarke in The Seagull; Peaky Blinders goes immersive

      A man in a black shirt making a toast with a shotglass in one hand and a bottle of vodka in the other
    • Sunday, 10 July, 2022
      Truphone
      Buyers challenge UK government’s decision to block Truphone deal

      Transaction to sell Abramovich-owned telecoms group under scrutiny on national security grounds

      Mobile phones held at arm’s length
    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      Chelsea FC PLC
      Abramovich ally Buck stands down as Chelsea FC chair after two decades

      US lawyer will remain as special adviser to club’s new owners following last month’s £2.5bn sale

      Bruce Buck
    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      Telecoms
      Abramovich-owned UK telecoms group to be sold for £1 to tech entrepreneurs

      Future of Truphone — valued at £410mn in 2020 — thrown into doubt after sanctions imposed on Russian billionaire

      Hakan Koç, co-founder of used car company Auto1, speaks at a conference
    • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
      Chelsea FC PLC
      UK government clears £4.25bn Chelsea FC sale to Todd Boehly

      Licence issued to consortium led by US financier as ministers satisfied Roman Abramovich would not benefit from funds

      A security gate at Stamford Bridge stadium, the home of Chelsea FC
    • Monday, 23 May, 2022
      Football
      Chelsea sale set for UK approval after Abramovich meets ‘red lines’

      UK ministers close to signing off on deal that ensures no benefit to oligarch but green light still needed from Brussels and Lisbon

      Roman Abramovich celebrates with others after Chelsea won the 2021 Champions League
    • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
      Chelsea FC PLC
      Officials demand ‘watertight’ legal guarantees from Abramovich over Chelsea funds

      Concerns in government centre on whether oligarch could lay claim to £1.5bn loan in future

      Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich celebrates winning the Champions League following the UEFA Champions League Final between Manchester City and Chelsea FC at Estadio do Dragao on May 29 2021 in Porto, Portugal
    • Monday, 16 May, 2022
      Chelsea FC PLC
      Chelsea sale hits last-minute hitch as government clashes with Abramovich

      Prospects of a speedy deal in doubt as ministers say oligarch becoming ‘more punchy’

      Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly watches a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers Saturday, April 30 2022 in Los Angeles
    • Friday, 13 May, 2022
      Travel & leisure industry
      Charity campaigners criticise lack of transparency over Chelsea FC donation

      Critics concerned over potential influence of Roman Abramovich’s team in process

      Outside Chelsea Football Club’s  Stamford Bridge stadium in London on May 7 2022
    • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
      Football
      Chelsea strikes sponsorship deal with crypto trading platform

      WhaleFin £20mn promo agreement preceded London club going up for sale and Abramovich sanctions

      Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium
    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
      Chelsea FC PLC
      Todd Boehly agrees £4.25bn deal for Chelsea FC

      Group led by US financier secures biggest football club acquisition in history

      Todd Boehly speaks at an event
    • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
      Chelsea FC PLC
      Roman Abramovich denies wanting repayment of £1.5bn Chelsea debt

      As US investors close in on club’s sale, oligarch says he has not reneged on plan for proceeds to go to charitable foundation

      A banner with the face of Chelsea’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich in the stands at Stamford Bridge during the tie with West Ham on April 24
    • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
      Chelsea FC PLC
      Abramovich allies set to continue running Chelsea after sale

      Bruce Buck and Marina Granovskaia offered option to stay by leading bidder for club

      Chelsea chair Bruce Buck and director Marina Granovskaia
    • Friday, 29 April, 2022
      Chelsea FC PLC
      Boehly leads race for Chelsea after Jim Ratcliffe tries to gatecrash deal

      US consortium backed by private equity group Clearlake Capital told it can enter exclusive talks to buy the London football club

      Chelsea’s French midfielder N’Golo Kante (C) vies with Arsenal’s Norwegian midfielder Martin Odegaard (L) during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in London on April 20, 2022.
    • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
      UK freezes £10bn of assets held by Abramovich associates

      New round of sanctions target Eugene Tenenbaum and David Davidovich

      Roman Abramovich sits in the VIP lounge at Ben Gurion international airport in Israel
    • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
      Jersey freezes $7bn in assets linked to Roman Abramovich

      Channel Island’s order is another major blow to sanctions-hit Russian oligarch

      Roman Abramovich in Israel
    • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
      News in-depth
      ‘Not my yacht’ — how murky structures cloud ownership of oligarch toys

      German lawyer told Antiguan authorities that ships did not belong to Roman Abramovich

      Garçon and Halo, superyachts linked to Roman Abramovich, moored in Antigua
    • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
      Due Diligence
      Roman Abramovich: The ‘billionaire from nowhere’ and his back-channel diplomacy Premium content

      Plus, the demise of SoftBank’s hedge fund and what Elon Musk wants from Twitter

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Abramovich-linked yacht leaves Turkish port run by UK-listed group

      Vessel’s departure follows FT report that marina’s operator risked sanctions breach

      The Solaris, a yacht linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich
    • Sunday, 3 April, 2022
      Harbour operator waives fees from Abramovich-linked yacht amid sanctions concerns

      London-listed Global Ports Holding says it is not breaching UK law by providing Turkish berth for vessel

      Solaris docked at a marina in Bodrum in southwest Turkey.
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