THE TIMES: Roman Abramovich has been named as a person of interest by the UK government due to his links to the Russian state and his “public association with corrupt activity and practices”, according to a leaked document.
A confidential Home Office document dated 2019 cited the owner of Chelsea Football Club as an example of Russian billionaires that the government was monitoring.
It stated that the government would use “the relevant tools at its disposal, including immigration powers” to prevent Russian oligarchs using the UK to facilitate illicit finance.
Abramovich is not understood to have been barred from the country by the Home Office. » | Matt Dathan, Home Affairs Editor | Thursday, February 24, 2022
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Are we Brits so damn poor that we must prostitute ourselves to these Russian oligarchs? Kick them out! It doesn’t matter how many billions they have in their shady bank accounts. Their influence is polluting our body politic. And as for giving titles such as ‘Lord’ to Russians, it is nothing short of a disgrace.
We can thank the Tories for this, of course. To Tories, the bottom line means everything; principles count for little, or perhaps nothing.
Whilst these people are allowed to influence our politics, Putin will have his poisonous tentacles wrapped around British politics too. – © Mark
