Roman Abramovich and Oleg Deripaska hit with UK sanctions
Roman Abramovich and Oleg Deripaska have assets frozen and travel bans in new UK sanctions as Foreign Secretary Liz Truss vows to target people with ‘blood of the Ukrainian people on their hands’
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Roman Abramovich is among seven oligarchs to be hit with an asset freeze and travel bans under brutal new UK sanctions unveiled today.
The government has announced that the owner of Chelsea FC will also be prohibited from transactions with UK individuals and businesses.
Mr Abramovich’s one time business partner, Oleg Deripaska, has also been hit with the same measures – as have Rosneft chief Igor Sechin and four more described as being in Putin’s ‘inner circle’.
The Foreign Office said the Economic Crime Bill coming into force next week ‘will allow UK Government to move further and faster than ever on sanctions’.
Roman Abramovich is among oligarchs to be hit with asset freeze and travel bans under new UK sanctions
Mr Abramovich’s one time business partner, Oleg Deripaska (pictured), has also been hit with the same measures
Ms Truss said in a statement: ‘Today’s sanctions show once again that oligarchs and kleptocrats have no place in our economy or society. With their close links to Putin they are complicit in his aggression.
‘The blood of the Ukrainian people is on their hands. They should hang their heads in shame.
‘Our support for Ukraine will not waver. We will not stop in this mission to ramp up the pressure on the Putin regime and choke off funds to his brutal war machine.’
The Foreign Office said the oligarchs have a collective net worth of around £15billion.
