The U.K. becomes the first Western government to target Roman Abramovich, billionaire owner of British soccer club Chelsea FC, in a raft of new sanctions against Russian oligarchs (via @WSJ):
on.wsj.com/3vWD5wi
Abramovich appeared in the #FinCENFiles and #ParadisePapers.
on.wsj.com/3vWD5wi
Abramovich appeared in the #FinCENFiles and #ParadisePapers.
ICIJ’s Latvian partner @rebaltica used #FinCENFiles to trace payments between Abramovich’s business empire and his former business partner Oleg Deripaska — also sanctioned by the U.K. today.
Much of his money flowed through Expobank in Latvia’s capital. bit.ly/3u5NuDp
Much of his money flowed through Expobank in Latvia’s capital. bit.ly/3u5NuDp
In #FinCENFiles, ICIJ partners @BBCArabic and @haaretzcom identified Roman Abramovich as an anonymous donor who spent $100M bankrolling a controversial Israeli settler organization.
BBC also found the Russian oligarch had secret stakes in rival players. bbc.in/34uQLmG
BBC also found the Russian oligarch had secret stakes in rival players. bbc.in/34uQLmG
#ParadisePapers showed that Roman Abramovich tried to purchase a stake in a Bermudan company called Russia Forest Products.
When Bermudan officials blocked it, offshore firm Appleby carried out the deal in the British Virgin Islands (via @meduzaproject). bit.ly/3JeabeA
When Bermudan officials blocked it, offshore firm Appleby carried out the deal in the British Virgin Islands (via @meduzaproject). bit.ly/3JeabeA
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