Roman Abramovich granted Israeli citizenship
— 29th May 2018
Aljazeera
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has been granted Israeli citizenship and will move to Tel Aviv where he bought a property, according to media reports.
The move by the owner of the Chelsea football club comes as he finds himself without a visa to Britain.
The Kremlin said on Tuesday it was Abramovich’s right to take Israeli citizenship.
“The Kremlin doesn’t think anything about this,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked about Abramovich’s Israel move. “An entrepreneur has received Israeli citizenship. So what? It is his right.”
Abramovich, 51, is Russia’s 11th richest man with wealth of $10.8bn, according to estimates by Forbes magazine. He bought the English Premier League club in 2003.
His British visa expired last month but it was taking longer than…
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