Buck, 76, will step down at the end of June, though he will remain a senior adviser to the club’s new owners. The American attorney was essential to the Russian oligarch’s takeover of Chelsea. Buck became the chairman of Chelsea in 2003 after advising Abramovich on the £150 million takeovers. Bruce Buck, one of Roman … Read more
Finance minister Rishi Sunak has become Friday the first excessive-profile British flesh presser to make the Sunday Times Rich List, weeks after his family’s tax arrangements attracted controversy and amid a value-of-dwelling disaster. Sunak and his Indian spouse Akshata Murty, whose father co-founded the IT behemoth Infosys, made the yearly listing for the first time … Read more
In the race to buy Chelsea Football Club, a US group led by Todd Boehly, a banker and co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball franchise, has been chosen as the preferred bidder. The decision comes as UK chemicals tycoon Jim Ratcliffe attempted to gatecrash the transaction with a last-minute bid. Current owner Roman Abramovich … Read more
The UK on Thursday announced it changed into freezing property well worth round £10 billion ($thirteen billion, 12 billion euros) of two extra Russian oligarchs, both longstanding business associates of Chelsea Football club proprietor Roman Abramovich. The sanctions against Eugene Tenenbaum, a director of Chelsea, and David Davidovich bring the overall variety of oligarchs, own family participants … Read more
The British Crown dependency of Jersey stated Wednesday it has frozen extra than $7.0 billion (6.4 billion euros) in property believed to be related to punishment hit Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. “Search warrants were executed by the States of Jersey Police on Tuesday 12 April 2022 at premises in Jersey suspected to be connected to … Read more
LISBON: Portuguese prosecutors have detained a rabbi and carried out raids over the naturalisation process of a number of Jewish people, including Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner of Chelsea football club. Portugal’s Public Prosecution Service said late Friday that it has detained the leader of Porto’s Jewish community, Daniel Litvak, as part of their investigation … Read more
ROMAN ABRAMOVICH is a successful Russian oligarch with ties to Vladimir Putin. However, he is on the verge of selling Chelsea, one of his most valuable assets. The Forbes-listed billionaire has owned the West London club since 2003, and he has turned it into a success storey by winning EVERY trophy available. However, his close … Read more
London’s High Court on Wednesday ruled that a book which claimed Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea football club at the Kremlin’s behest were defamatory after he sued for libel. “Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On The West” alleges Russian President Vladimir Putin has overseen a vast exodus of … Read more
