
Everton have ceased their sponsorship deals with three Russian companies with immediate effect, with each of USM, Megafon and Yota having close ties to Alisher Usmanov, the billionaire oligarch.
While Usmanov is not on the Everton board, he is a close business associate of the club’s majority owner Farhad Moshiri - who is also the chairman of the board of directors at USM, the organisation Usmanov founded.