The Russian oligarch, the owner of Chelsea, Roman Abramovich, transferred the management of the football club to the trustees of the charitable foundation of the same name. This is stated in a message published on the club’s website.
“I believe that they are currently in the best position to look after the interests of the Club, players, staff and fans,” wrote the billionaire.
Earlier, The Independent reported that they want to deprive billionaire Roman Abramovich of his ownership of the Chelsea football club because of “connections with the Russian authorities.” With a corresponding appeal to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the MP from the Labor Party, Chris Bryant, addressed.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to launch a special military operation to protect the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR).
Source: Lenta
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