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Rory Sullivan

UK demands Abramovich's Chelsea sale funds go to Ukraine war victims

The British government has threatened legal action against Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to ensure that the £2.5 billion (€2.97bn) proceeds from his sale of Chelsea Football Club reach Ukrainian victims of Russia's all-out war, now in its fourth year.

“The government is determined to see the proceeds from the sale of Chelsea Football Club reach humanitarian causes in Ukraine, following Russia's illegal full-scale invasion," Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Foreign Secretary David Lammy said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

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