UK imposes asset freezes on Abramovich, Rosneft boss Sechin and adds oligarchs to sanctions list

Record ID: 1663278

  • Title: UK imposes asset freezes on Abramovich, Rosneft boss Sechin and adds oligarchs to sanctions list
  • Date: 10th March 2022
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE - SEPTEMBER 21, 2017) (REUTERS) RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMAN ROMAN ABRAMOVICH AHEAD OF MEETING OF RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ABRAMOVICH LISTENING AS VTB BANK CEO, ANDREI KOSTIN (LEFT) SHAKES HANDS WITH MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MAKSIM ORESHKIN OLIGARCHS IN ROOM ABRAMOVICH TALKING TO HEAD OF ALFA-BANK, PETR AVEN OL
  • Embargoed: 24th March 2022 11:39
  • Keywords: BRITISH GOVERNMENT OLIGARCHS RUSSIA SANCTIONS UK UKRAINE
  • Location: VARIOUS
  • City: VARIOUS
  • Country: UK
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA005365910032022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Britain imposed sanctions on Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich and Igor Sechin, the chief executive of Russian oil giant Rosneft on Thursday (March 10), hitting them with asset freezes and travel bans because of their links to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
    The two billionaires plus businessman Oleg Deripaska and four other Russian oligarchs are the most high-profile figures to be added to the British sanctions list since Russia's invasion of Ukraine and follows criticism that Britain has been acting too slowly.
    The action puts on ice Abramovich's plans to sell the Premier League club, the current European champions, although the government said the team could still carry on playing.
    There had been loud calls from British lawmakers for action to be taken against Abramovich and other Russian oligarchs, with criticism that Johnson's government was not moving fast enough compared to the European Union and the United States.
    (Production: Chiara Rodriquez)
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