As Russian tanks streamed over Ukraine’s borders in the early hours of February 24, Vladimir Putin summoned the country’s leading oligarchs to a meeting at the Kremlin.
At the time, Roman Abramovich was staying in the south of France where he owns Château de la Croë, a large villa with 19 acres of grounds on the seafront in Antibes. He rushed to Moscow on his private plane but arrived too late for the audience, which was partly televised.
