Chelsea football club’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich has reportedly been banned from living in Britain ever again with his numerous assets to be frozen by the UK government in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Thursday morning, February 24. 

The billionaire has not been seen at his Premier League football club’s south-west London home, Stamford Bridge, for months and in 2018 withdrew his application for a British Tier 1 investor visa in the wake of the Salisbury poisonings by Russian agents. According to The Sun UK, senior UK security sources now say it is unlikely that Abramovich, 55, will ever be allowed to live in Britain again.

Immigration officials are reportedly under instructions from the UK government to make it impossible for Abramovich who owns a £125million mansion near Kensington Palace to live in the UK. 

The Government’s Home Office’s ‘Special Cases Unit’ is handling his case and the action comes after Russia conducted a full invasion of Ukraine.

This week UK politicians named Abramovich as one of 35 oligarchs identified by  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny as one of the ‘key enablers’ of the country’s president Vladimir Putin. Abramovic vehemently denies he is close to the Kremlin or has done anything that would merit sanctions being imposed against him.

In 2018 Mr Abramovich became an Israeli citizen, allowing him to enter Britain for up to six months and he used his Israeli passport last October to make a short trip to London.

As well as his huge property portfolio, he also owns a series of superyachts, including the £450million Solaris, which has a missile detection system. 

Reports say the UK government will freeze and seize his assets and properties in response to Russia’s invasion .

 
He bought Chelsea in 2003 and transformed the team from outside challengers to a Premier League giant.

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