BREAKING: Chelsea ‘should be seized from Roman Abramovich as part of sanctions’, MP says.
Labour MP Chris Bryant has questioned whether Roman Abramovich can continue to ownThe MP for the Rhondda says Abramovich, ‘admitted in court proceedings that he paid for political influence’ and has ‘links to the Russian state and his public association with corrupt activity.’: ‘Following some of the reports in The Sun and other newspapers today.
‘An example of this is Abramovich admitting in court proceedings that he paid for political influence. ‘Therefore HMG is focused on ensuring individuals linked to illicit finance and malign activity are unable to base themselves in the UK and will use the relevant tools at its disposal including immigration powers to prevent this.‘That’s nearly three years ago, and yet remarkably little has been done in relation Surely Mr. Abramovich should no longer be able to own a football club in this country?
‘Surely we should be looking at seizing some of his assets, including his 152 million pound home? And making sure that other people who’ve had tier one visas like this are not engaged in malign activity in the UK.’ reported on Wednesday that Abramovich is ‘effectively barred’ from living in the UK with immigration officials ‘under clear instruction to work towards ensuring Mr Abramovich cannot base himself in the UK’.
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