LONDON – Britain imposed sanctions on Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich and Igor Sechin, the chief executive of Russian oil giant Rosneft, hitting them with asset freezes and travel …
There had been loud calls from British lawmakers for action to be taken against Abramovich and other Russian oligarchs, with criticism that Johnson’s government was not moving fast enough compared to the European Union and the United States.
In total Britain said the seven figures added to the sanctions list had a collective net worth of 15 billion pounds. . Last week, he announced that he would sell Chelsea and donate money from the sale to help victims of the war in Ukraine. The entry on Britain’s sanctions list described Abramovich, who Britain said was worth 9 billion pounds, as “a prominent Russian businessman and pro-Kremlin oligarch.” It said he had enjoyed “a close relationship for decades” with the Russian president.
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