UK imposes sanctions on Russians including Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich
Britain said on Thursday it had imposed asset freezes on seven Russian businessmen including Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. Igor Sechin, Oleg Deripaska and Dmitri Lebedev have also been added to the country’s sanctions list. There can be no safe havens for those who have supported Putin’s “vicious assault on Ukraine,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. Mr Abramovich is the billionaire owner of Chelsea soccer club, Mr Deripaska has stakes in En+ Group and Mr Sechin is the Chief Executive of Rosneft and Lebedev is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank Rossiya. The UK government said it would enable Chelsea to continue playing matches and engage in other footballing activities following the move to freeze assets. “The licence will be kept under constant review and we will work closely with the football authorities,” the government said. Described as a pro-Kremlin oligarch, Mr Abramovich was hit with an asset freeze and a travel ban in an updated sanctions list published...