Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned over links to Vladimir Putin as the UK slapped asset freezes on seven oligarchs accused of having the "blood on the Ukrainian people on their hands".
The updated UK sanctions list said Mr Abramovich has had a "close relationship for decades" with Putin, which the football club owner has previously denied.
The Russian businessman was named alongside billionaires Igor Sechin and Oleg Deripaska on the list, which imposes assets freezes, travel bans and a prohibition on transactions with UK individuals and businesses.
