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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Callum Parke

Ex-Everton director loses High Court appeal against Russia sanctions

A former director of Everton Football Club has failed in a High Court challenge against the Foreign Office over sanctions linked to his billionaire uncle’s ties to Vladimir Putin.

Sarvar Ismailov was sanctioned by the Foreign Office in 2022 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine alongside his brother, Sanjar, due to being the nephew of Uzbek-Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov.

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