The Royal Court in Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands between Britain and France, has awarded more than $7 billion to Russian billionaire Roman Abromovich, who was added to the sanctions list against Russia by the UK and the European Union (EU) after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. froze its existence.
The Jersey Crown Court has frozen more than $7 billion in assets, equivalent to half of Abramovich’s publicly estimated wealth, and police are searching for properties suspected of ties to the billionaire, the Jersey Department of Legal Officers said in a statement. “On April 12, the Royal Court issued a formal freeze order for assets suspected of being linked to Abramovich and valued at more than US$7 billion,” the statement said.
Representatives of Abramovich, whose net worth is $13.9 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, have not yet made a statement on the subject.
According to UK sources, the capital of Jersey is St. Camberley International Investments Ltd., which has an address in Helier. It was stated that a fund of $ 1.4 billion was provided to Chelsea Holding, owned by Abramovich, from a company called Abramovich handed over the management of Chelsea, one of the English Premier League teams, because it was at risk of sanctions.
ZELENSKY REQUESTED ABRAMOVICH TO BE EXCLUDED FROM SANCTIONS
It was stated that Ukrainian President Valdimir Zelenskiy asked not to impose sanctions on Abramovich, with the possibility that Abramovich, who was sanctioned by the European Union and England for alleged ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, could play a role in the peace agreement. On the other hand, Abramovich took part in the negotiations between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul.
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