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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rupert Neate

UK government imposes sanctions on Chelsea FC director Eugene Tenenbaum

Eugene Tenenbaum and Roman Abramovich
Chelsea owner director Eugene Tenenbaum (left) and owner Roman Abramovich celebrating a goal for Chelsea against Bolton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge in 2012. Photograph: Jed Leicester/Action Images/Reuters

The UK government has imposed sanctions on Chelsea football club director Eugene Tenenbaum in an attempt to freeze up to £10bn of assets linked to the club’s Russian oligarch owner, Roman Abramovich.

The UK said it was extending sanctions to Tenenbaum and David Davidovich, another close associate of Abramovich, because the oligarch had transferred billions of pounds of assets to the pair as Russia invaded Ukraine.

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