Businessman Roman Abramovich. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 15. A representative of Russian businessman Roman Abramovich denied the information that the businessman's property was seized in Portugal.
Publication Público wrote on Saturday that Portugal has frozen Abramovich's property in Quinta do Lago worth 10 million euros. According to the publication, in February, before the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, Millhouse Views LLC, which belongs to Abramovich's holding, tried to sell the businessman's mansion, but the Portuguese state bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos told the police about it. The registration of property at the request of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry was frozen from March 25, the newspaper wrote. «Mr. Abramovich does not have any property in Portugal,» Abramovich's representative told RIA Novosti. British authorities on March 10 imposed sanctions against seven Russian businessmen, including Abramovich. Those under sanctions are banned from entering Britain, and their assets in the country are frozen. The English Premier League has removed Abramovich from managing Chelsea Football Club, which he has owned since 2003. Abramovich handed over management of Chelsea to a charitable trust and said he had decided to sell the club. The British government must approve the license to sell, but it will not allow Abramovich to receive any proceeds from the deal.
In March, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the possibility of imposing sanctions against the entrepreneur remains. Also, the US Department of Commerce added Abramovich's plane to the list of aircraft, the service of which is prohibited for alleged violations of export restrictions imposed on Russia. In April, American Congressman Steve Cohen of the Democratic Party, in a letter to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, asked that British lawyers who defended the interests of Russian businessmen, including Abramovich, be banned from entering the country. .jpg» />The media announced the date of signing the first contract for the purchase of Chelsea Abramovich