The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyyaccording to the Wall Street Journal, he asked the President of the United States Joe Biden in a telephone interview not to sanction the oligarch Roman Abramovich, which could prove important in facilitating an agreement with Russia. The former Chelsea patron had participated in the first round negotiations between Russians and Ukrainians in Belarus on February 28 at the invitation of the Ukrainian film producer Alexander Rodnyansky: “He is the only one who answered and agreed to try, said Rodnyansky.
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In early March, officials from the US Treasury Department they had developed a sanctions draft to also punish Abramovich after Russia’s attack on Ukraine. However, at the time of their announcement, the National Security Council told the Treasury Department to wait and see. And behind the request, reports the US newspaper, is Zelenskyj’s advice that the oligarch could be an important mediator for Russia in peace negotiations. The EU, on the other hand, moved in midMarch, barring him from joining the Union and giving the goahead Freeze of his fortune in Europe, as has happened in Britain.
Abramovich had announced in early March that he wanted to sell Chelsea in order to donate the proceeds to one Foundation for Victims War and reconstruction of Ukraine. His super yacht My Solaris $500m has left Barcelona in recent days fleeing an alleged kidnapping. He attempted to dock in Bodrum, Turkey, where he was greeted by protests from some young Ukrainian seafarers. It carefully stays out of the territorial waters of EU member Greece.
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