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The Latest Breaking News from Roman Abramovich

How Roman Abramovich is fighting to keep control of £2.5bn from Chelsea sale

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The Independent UK

Abramovich lawyers insist £2.5bn from Chelsea sale is still his and blame government for delays over funds

In the escalating row over the £2.5bn the Russian oligarch has promised to give to the victims of the Ukrainian war, The Independent has seen a legal letter blaming Keir Starmer’s government for the hold-up

The Independent UK

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Sports Illustrated

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Wednesday briefing: How outdated rules on reporting fuel misinformation in high-profile trials

In today’s newsletter: As social media fills the gaps with rumour and conjecture, reporters must navigate a legal framework that has grown heavier, stricter and increasingly out of step with the digital age

The Guardian - UK

German prosecutors’ raid on Deutsche Bank hurts the lender’s attempts to leave its long history of compliance failures in the past

Investigators combed through the bank’s Frankfurt and Berlin headquarters just before it reported record annual profits.

Fortune

Klepto capital: How London became a dirty money hub

Kleptocrats and fraudsters of the world have been washing their illicit billions in the city. Rachael Burford looks at how we can clean up our reputation as a global laundromat

Evening Standard

Tottenham Hotspur crowned most profitable club as every Premier League team's finances revealed

Tottenham Hotspur have come top of this list, with one of their rivals at the other end of the scale

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Shadow attorney general steps back on Ukraine over Abramovich link

David Wolfson is part of the legal team attempting to recover some of Russian billionaire’s frozen assets

The Guardian - UK

Starmer hits out at shadow attorney general for acting as Abramovich’s lawyer

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar is representing the former Chelsea owner

The Independent UK

Rosenior needs bright start at Chelsea to avoid being a focus for fan discontent

The club are in a decent position but there is dissatisfaction with the ownership and the new head coach must not get caught in the crossfire

The Guardian - UK

Enzo Maresca’s hurried exit shows that Chelsea are still a club of chaos

The Italian won two trophies during his time as head coach but his departure points to the enduring instability at Stamford Bridge

The Independent UK

'I almost signed for Manchester United, but all of a sudden Chelsea came in for me – then they almost sent me on loan to CSKA Moscow' Joe Cole on his Russian Premier League and Old Trafford near-misses

Joe Cole was the sixth signing made by Chelsea under the ownership of Roman Abramovich

FourFourTwo

Labour criticises Tory shadow attorney general for representing Roman Abramovich

It comes just weeks after the government piled pressure on the Russian billionaire to hand over the £2.5bn he received from the sale of Chelsea Football Club

The Independent UK

Badenoch under fire as Tory shadow attorney general acts for Roman Abramovich

Labour urges Conservative leader to reveal whether she knew David Wolfson was to represent Russian oligarch in legal case

The Guardian - UK

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'Roman Abramovich came to speak to me after I’d had an argument with Jose Mourinho and put an official transfer request in. It was very unusual: he wanted to keep me' Joe Cole on dealing with Chelsea’s former owner

Joe Cole reveals rift with Jose Mourinho during 'footballing heaven' Chelsea title season

The Conversation

The politics of the hyper-polluting private transport used by the world’s super-rich is hotting up

While millions of people make the effort to sort their recycling, buy fewer clothes and generally make greener choices, the world’s wealthiest can emit the same amount of carbon as the average person does in a year by going on holiday just once.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves welcomes EU deal to loan billions to Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the move will ‘truly strengthen our resilience’.

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kremlin dismisses new peace plan after Trump’s envoy calls talks constructive

Steve Witkoff has hailed latest talks in Florida as 'productive and constructive' without announcing any major breakthroughs

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The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Drones strike tanker in Russian port, local officials say

Deaths and damage to ship reported in attack in Rostov-on-Don; Zelenskyy to reportedly push EU plan to use frozen Russian assets. What we know on day 1,394

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: what alleged Bondi gunmen did in the Philippines, praise for young survivor, Aukus lobbying questions

Staff and police say the Akrams rarely left their room in Davao and had no visitors

Euronews

UK to transfer €2.8bn of Abramovich’s Chelsea cash to Ukraine fund, PM Starmer says

Since the Russian billionaire sold Chelsea in 2022 under pressure from the British government, the funds from the sale have been frozen. PM Starmer is now allowing him to use it, but only for one cause: to help Ukraine.

The Independent UK

UK gives Abramovich last chance to give Chelsea sale proceeds to victims of Russia's war in Ukraine

The British government says it has given Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich a final chance to hand over 2.5 billion pounds or $3.25 billion to the victims of Russia's war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

‘Clock is ticking’: Starmer tells Roman Abramovich to transfer money from Chelsea sale to Ukraine fund

Keir Starmer announced the move in PMQs, with the Russian billionaire still holding on to the £2.5bn he received for the sale of the football club

Evening Standard

UK to transfer £2.5billion from Abramovich's sale of Chelsea FC to Ukraine

Sir Keir Starmer warned the Russian billionaire oligarch to commit the funds or face legal action from the UK Government

Evening Standard

Starmer tells Abramovich ‘clock is ticking’ to send Chelsea billions to Ukraine

Roman Abramovich sold the club in May 2022.

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