Ankara, Turkey – A second superhero belonging to Chelsea football club owner and sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has docked at a resort in southwestern Turkey, a country that is not imposing sanctions on Russia. his invasion of UkraineTurkish media said on Tuesday.
The private news agency DHA said the Bermuda-registered Eclipse docked at a port in the tourist resort of Marmaris amid international efforts to freeze assets belonging to top Russian businessmen linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The day before, the Bermuda-flagged luxury yacht Abramovich arrived in the nearby town of Bodrum, provoking a protest from a group of Ukrainians who boarded a small motor boat and they tried to keep the yacht from docking.
Last week, the European Union updated a list of people facing asset freezes and travel bans for its links to the Kremlin and began imposing sanctions on Abramovich. The 55-year-old had already been punished in Britain.
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Turkey, a member of NATO, has close ties with both Russia and Ukraine. He has criticized Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but has also positioned itself as a neutral party trying to mediate between the two.
Abramovich announced earlier this month who sell the Chelsea club. Abramovich said the sale would not “accelerate, but follow the due process” and that the net proceeds would go to the victims in Ukraine.
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“This has never been about business or money for me, but about a pure passion for the game and the club,” he said.
Forbes has valued Abramovich’s net worth at $ 12.4 billion, while Chelsea was valued at $ 3.2 billion in 2021. The 55-year-old, who was once Russia’s richest man, he said he will create a foundation to which net proceeds from the sale will go. donat.
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