Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has been pictured in public for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine as new revelations emerged about the “shady deals” that made him a billionaire.
Looking dishevelled in jeans, puffer jacket and scuffed boots, the oligarch stared intently at his phone as he sat in a VIP lounge at Ben Gurion international airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv.
He had much to ponder after Israel warned it could not provide a safe haven for sanctioned Russians such as Abramovich.
