Abramovich Brit ban likely as Yarmo’s Ukraine invaded

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is reported to have been effectively barred from living in Britain ever again.

The Stamford Bridge billionaire has been missing from the club for several months following his application for a British Tier 1 investor visa in 2018, after reported delays in his application following criticism of Russian oligarchs in the wake of the Salisbury poisonings.

Now, according to The Sun, senior security sources now say it is unlikely that the 55-year-old will ever be allowed to live in Britain again.

The news comes as the Russians have launched an all out invasion on Andriy Yarmolenko’s native country of the Ukraine and the Hammer immediately broke a two year ban on twitter by posting:

Immigration officials are reportedly under instructions to make it impossible for Mr Abramovich – who owns a £125million mansion near Kensington Palace – to base himself in the UK.

His case is said to be being handled by the Home Office’s ‘Special Cases Unit’.

It comes after Mr Abramovich was named by MPs on Tuesday as being one of 35 oligarchs identified by  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny as one of the ‘key enablers’ of the ‘kleptocracy’ run by the country’s president Vladimir Putin.

In 2018 Mr Abramovich became an Israeli citizen, allowing him to enter for Britain for up to six months. He used his Israeli passport last October to make a short trip to London.

However, a senior source told The Sun that any attempt by the oligarch to apply for a permanent visa would ‘almost certainly be rejected’.

It has now become highlighted of course as one of the major issues against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

ClaretandHugh says: We have often received criticism for being supporters of a board which includes David Sullivan, David Gold and Karren Brady but have always made it clear we would sooner support a British board than one owned by foreign interests. The Russian and Saudi owners of Chelsea and Newcastle United are not our cup of tea amd never have been for example and that the owner of a football club is not allowed to live in the country kin which that club is based is really not great news. It may not be the worst situation in the world for CFC but I’d far sooner my owners were living in Essex, Surrey and central London than Moscow or another world capital. Our sympathies too go to Yarmo. Football is one thing but what’s happening in eastern Europe is quite another and puts this game into perspective. We will be responding to Yarmo’s appeal on Twitter and be praying for peace.