BBC News: Roman Abramovich sanctioned by UK

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  1. He’s got a large property portfolio in London and the U.K. hopefully he didn’t manage to offload some of these in the last couple of weeks.

  2. Given him enough time to shift assets around and distance from Chelsea.
    Embarrassing at this stage tbh

  3. Actually sanctioned, or just the government spewing shite for political points?

    Edit: Chelsea FC has been seized from Mr Abramovich as part of the freeze on his assets and the sale of the club is now on hold.

  4. So what’s the catch? This is just the announcement that sanctions are coming but won’t take effect for 30 days?

  5. I am genuinely surprised that Oleg Deripaska and Igor Sechin weren’t covered by existing sanctions. Or is the article wording on them just being confusing?

  6. Really can’t fathom how the UK government sanctioned the sell of Newcastle to the Saudi consortium. The same Saudi Arabia that continues to cluster bomb the fuck out of Yemen with arms/jets supplied by the same UK government. As long as it fits their agenda though. The hypocrisy of this government makes me want to vomit.

  7. Says asset freeze and travel ban but then aside from the obvious things (Chelsea, Evraz, Millhouse Capital) he is going to have loads of stuff off shore/hidden and you can bet he hasn’t sat around with his thumb up his arse waiting to have his assets froze etc

    Anyone remember the [FinCEN](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54226107) story? What is visible to the public is merely a fraction of the money these individuals are involved with

    Love to see an accurate list of which MP’s (either side) are on the take, fucking crooks

  8. “Today’s sanctions are the latest step in the UK’s unwavering support for the Ukrainian people. We will be ruthless in pursuing those who enable the killing of civilians, destruction of hospitals and illegal occupation of sovereign allies,” Mr Johnson said.

    The absolute gall of a British prime minister giving a lecture on respecting human life is an absolute disgrace. There is alot to be answered for in Afghanistan in regards to war crimes and indiscriminate bombing of civilians. Even the crimes in Northern Ireland have still not been cleared up in regards to Bloody Sunday.

    (Totally against putin but Britain is just as bad if not worse)

  9. The corrupt UK government has decided it doesn’t want any of the proceeds of the sale of Chelsea football club going to Ukraine and has instead decided to seize it all.

    Boris is a cretin of the highest order.

  10. Good to know all the money from the sale of the club will now line the Tories pockets rather than going to Ukraine.

  11. Everything hunky dory under Yeltsin when all of these oligarchs made their riches.

    They didn’t get their billions from Putin, it was Yeltsin.

    That’s why I find the anti oligarch crusade all a bit hypocritical

  12. Meanwhile EU sanction 836 individuals
    U.K. sanction 24 so far.
    So you need visa to flee country from war to join your relatives in the U.K while 812 Russian oligarch walking our streets without care in the world Bravo for this idiots who voted Tories and still blame labour while Conservative been 12 years in power

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