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Roman Abramovich’s lawyers have told the government the £2.35billion proceeds from the sale of Chelsea belong to him entirely and that he will fight any legal attempt to confiscate the funds.
The cash is still frozen in the bank account of Abramovich’s company Fordstam Ltd, nearly four years after the club was sold, due to a dispute over how it will be used to help the victims of the war in Ukraine.
A letter from Abramovich’s law firm says that he remains “fully committed” to using the money for charitable purposes but the government’s restrictions on how it can be spent, and a separate criminal investigation in Jersey, is preventing that from happening.