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Roman Abramovich, the Chelsea FC owner, is one of seven Russian oligarchs who has just been sanctioned by the UK, Reuters reports. It says:
Britain said on Thursday it had imposed asset freezes on seven Russian businessmen including Roman Abramovich, Igor Sechin, Oleg Deripaska and Dmitri Lebedev after they were 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.
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