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A federal judge signed off on the FBI’s request to seize two jets belonging to Russian billionaire oligarch Roman Abramovich on Monday, ជាច្រើន ហាង រាយការណ៍, the most significant punishment against Abramovich by the U.S. since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
Roman Abramovich, who owned Chelsea FC until he was forces to sell the team after Russia invaded … [+]
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ការពិតសំខាន់
A judge in the Southern District of New York authorized an FBI request for a warrant to take away a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner and Gulfstream G50ER jet, according to a ការដាក់ឯកសារតុលាការ។ obtained by Axios reporter Zach Basu.
Worth $8.8 billion according to ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes" ការគណនា, Abramovich made much of his fortune thanks to favorable business deals with the Russian government, and has been sanctioned by the European Union, United Kingdom and several other countries following Russia’s invasion.
The seizure would be on the grounds of export control violations, as the U.S. hasn’t personally sanctioned Abramovich.
Both planes are currently abroad—one in Russia and one in the United Arab Emirates—according to the affidavit, meaning any seizure will be extremely difficult.
The affidavit says the Boeing jet is worth an estimated $350 million, making it one of the most expensive private planes in the world, while Abramovich purchased the Gulfstream for $60 million in 2020.
ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes has reached out to a representative for Abramovich for comment.
សាវតាសំខាន់
The 55-year-old Abramovich គឺ បច្ចុប្បន្ន at several rounds of early and unfruitful peace negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian as a mediator. Sources close to Abramovich told ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes និង កាសែត Wall Street Journal that the billionaire was poisoned while attending a March 3 round of negotiations in Kyiv. Plans to sanction Abramovich were scrapped after Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky asked President Joe Biden to wait on penalizing Abramovich due to his role in the negotiations, the ទិនានុប្បវត្តិ រាយការណ៍.
តង់ហ្សង់។
Abramovich bought Chelsea FC of the English Premier League in 2003, but was forced to sell the team this spring after he was sanctioned by the British government. An American-led consortium of investors led by Todd Boehly ទិញ Chelsea last month for a record $5.2 billion. Abramovich received no proceeds from the sale.
អានបន្ថែម
DOJ moves to seize 2 planes from Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich (CNBC)
ប្រភពស្និទ្ធនឹងលោក Roman Abramovich បញ្ជាក់ថាគាត់ត្រូវបានគេបំពុលខណៈពេលដែលជួយចរចានៅអ៊ុយក្រែន (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2022/06/06/judge-approves-seizure-of-jets-belonging-to-billionaire-russian-oligarch-abramovich/