While Abramovich is estimated to be between $7 billion and $14.5 billion, his fixed expenses now exceed him: two of his five yachts have been confiscated, but maintenance for the remaining three ships is $750,000 a week, according to the Financial Times. Crews have to be paid, as do domestic staff on their properties around the world. Abramovich owns several private planes, including a Dreamliner.
He has seven children from three relationships.
According to Page Six, Abramovich is now begging his friends in the Western world to lend him at least a million dollars in cash: “He approached Hollywood producer and director Brett Ratner, the Rothschild family, and many others for money. ” says an insider. “But even though they are good friends with Roman – they haven’t given him money. Either they don’t have money or they don’t know how it might affect them in international law.” And this despite Abramovich always trying hard and enjoying inviting his friends to unusual parties.
He has owned Château de la Croë near Antibes since 2004, which has since been extensively renovated. In 2009, he bought a 15 bedroom mansion on ‘Billionaires Street’ (Kensington Palace Gardens) in London for £90 million. He also bought four $74 million townhouses on New York’s Upper East Side.
Abramovich is living in Moscow again and cannot travel to Britain at the moment. In Israel, where he owns a magnificent villa near Tel Aviv, construction work on the property has already come to a halt. And how his relationship with Vladimir Putin is at the moment can only be guessed at. Allegedly, Abramovich was poisoned during his attempts at conciliation in Istanbul.
New foothold in Turkey?
There are many indications that Abramovich now wants to settle in Turkey, where there are fewer sanctions. Two of his yachts are in front of Bodrum and Marmaris and reportedly the wealthy Russian and Chelsea forced seller also wants to buy another football club: as Turkish sports newspaper Fanatik reports, the oligarch intends to take over the superleague club Göztepe Izmir. They say negotiations are ongoing. Göztepe are currently in the relegation zone in the Turkish league, long-time president Mehmet Sepil announced his resignation at the end of the season.