UK - Sanctions Roman Abramovich And Six Other Russian Oligarchs, Freezes Assets Including Chelsea FC | Forbes Breaking News

 

10 March 2022

 

The U.K. government on Thursday sanctioned Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, freezing all his assets including the English Premier League soccer club Chelsea, as part of a broader sanctions effort that targets assets owned by several Russian oligarchs with close ties to Vladimir Putin’s regime.

 

Правительство Великобритании в четверг ввело санкции в отношении российского миллиардера Романа Абрамовича, заморозив все его активы, включая футбольный клуб английской Премьер-лиги «Челси», в рамках более широких санкций, направленных против активов, принадлежащих нескольким российским олигархам, имеющим тесные связи с режимом Владимира Путина.

Shares in Evraz, the London-listed steel company controlled by Roman Abramovich, has been halted following news that the UK was imposing sanctions on the Russian oligarch.The Financial Conduct Authority said it was suspending trading in the shares “in order to protect investors pending clarification of the impact of the UK sanctions”.

 

 

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GENEVA — The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday that it had verified 1,335 civilian casualties in Ukraine, including 474 killed and 861 injured, since Russia’s invasion began on Feb. 24.

But the civilian toll was incomplete pending corroboration of reports, it said in a statement: “This concerns, for example, the towns of Volnovakha, Mariupol, Izium where there are allegations of hundreds of civilian casualties.”

Read more: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1565451/civilian-deaths-in-ukraine-now-474-with-861-injured-un#ixzz7N1Oo0hh8

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday there were few things more depraved than the targeting of vulnerable and defenceless people, after Ukraine accused Russia of bombing a children's hospital in the port city of Mariupol.

"There are few things more depraved than targeting the vulnerable and defenceless," Johnson said on Twitter.

 

Three has suspended its sponsorship of Chelsea and requested its branding be removed from the club’s shirts and around Stamford Bridge. pic.twitter.com/eXKkyiG2K6

— GOAL (@goal) March 10, 2022

Statement from Chelsea Football Club.

— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) March 10, 2022

The Fiver | Worst of all, Chelsea are no longer able to sell a single thing https://t.co/4ohi73BGbX

— The Guardian (@guardian) March 10, 2022

Why Chelsea should be relegated from the Premier League | @jimw1 https://t.co/IFkgwVaHzR

— Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) March 10, 2022