A football agent accused of sending a threatening email to a former Chelsea director has told a court that threatening someone with the “might” of the club’s former owner Roman Abramovich behind them would be a “suicide mission”. Saif Alrubie, who claimed he played a part in facilitating the transfer of Kurt Zouma in August […]
Russian billionaire and former owner of Premier League football club Chelsea Roman Abramovich has lost a legal challenge to overturn his inclusion on the European Union’s sanctions list following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In its ruling the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) dismissed the action brought by Abramovich […]
The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to lift sanctions imposed on him after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported on Dec. 20. The European court also said that it took into account Abramovich’s role in the Russian steel company Evraz Group and […]
Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has lost his legal bid to overturn sanctions imposed by the European Union over his role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Mr Abramovich had filed a lawsuit at the EU’s general court against the European Union Council, which imposed the punishment on the 57-year-old oligarch in 2022 as part of […]