Word: abramoviches
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...Such A Big Deal After All The business of football is rarely clear and never simple. When Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich bought London's Chelsea, which has €112 million in debts, fans thought their club's financial problems were over. But the July 1 purchase by the 36-year-old oil oligarch, who has a personal fortune estimated at €5.3 billion, has come under scrutiny by Britain's Financial Services Authority, which is taking an interest in movements in the club's share price ahead of the €196 million purchase. The billionaire's spokesman says the investigation...
...down week for Russia's oligarchs. A good one for Roman Abramovich (worth $5.7 billion, according to Forbes), who bought himself the ultimate bauble, a sports team: London's Chelsea Football Club. Not so good for Mikhail Khodorkovsky ($8 billion) of the giant Yukos group, who was questioned by state prosecutors investigating corruption. And downright terrible for Platon Lebedev ($1 billion), head of Khodorkovsky's finance arm Menatep, who was arrested on fraud charges in connection with the privatization of a fertilizer plant in 1994. Khodorkovsky, Russia's richest man, was questioned in connection with the Lebedev case, but many...