IT was only when Chelsea discovered they were not the only big beasts  in the Premier League jungle that Roman Abramovich decided he did not want to play by the rules any more. The Russian

Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK Government in March 2022 for alleged ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin – which the oligarch denies – eight days after he put Chelsea, a club he transformed into one of the most successful in world football, up for sale.

A Swiss court has ruled to grant the Island of Jersey access to banking records as part of a money laundering and sanctions investigation into Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. Jersey, a British Crown dependency,

Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich lost his latest legal challenge Wednesday against EU sanctions. The European Union sanctioned the billionaire former owner of Chelsea Football Club in 2022 after Russia launched its all-out war on Ukraine, alleging that close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin helped him build his enormous wealth.

The investigation dates back to payments Abramovich made in the 1990s to maintain control of a Russian oil company.

Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has seen his latest attempt to overturn European Union sanctions on him fall flat. The Russian-Israeli oligarch failed in his bid at the bloc’s highest court to lift restrictions first slapped on him in 2022 following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.