UK will transfer £2.5bn of Abramovich cash to Ukraine fund, Starmer says

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/17/uk-will-transfer-abramovich-cash-from-sale-of-chelsea-to-ukraine-fund-starmer-says

15 Comments

  1. Bulky_Honey8643 on

    Why only 2.5 Billion? He bilked, grifted, and outright stole much more than that, which is still frozen in UK accounts.

    Take everything you can from this supporter of murder and mayhem.

  2. ….one of these days they’ll *actually* do something. All we have been hearing are promises and promises but 0 delivery.

    We have been hearing about the frozen Russian assets for 2-3 years now. And I’m starting to lose hope.

  3. scratchydaitchy on

    “The clock is ticking on Roman Abramovich to honour the commitment he made when Chelsea FC was sold and transfer the £2.5bn to a humanitarian cause for Ukraine,” Starmer said. “This government is prepared to enforce it through the courts so that every penny reaches those whose lives have been torn apart by Putin’s illegal war.”

    The Russian billionaire sold Chelsea in 2022 under pressure from the British government after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.”

    I guess the clock has been ticking for 3 years now.

  4. This guy is the worst because he’s also an Isreali citizen who supports that war too.

    Fucking cartoon character ass villain.

  5. Good.

    But it’s worth noting the gap between rhetoric and action. Leaders keep promising to use frozen Russian assets, yet they still have not actually transferred them.

  6. Remember they said we couldn’t tax the rich but we managed to snatch this guy’s assets right out from under him 👀

  7. EnjoyableBleach on

    Good stuff! It took a while but we finally have a competent government in the UK.

    Now we just need to send Ukraine the rest of the frozen Russian assets. 

  8. Great idea and I fully support, I just have a funny giggle every time the public gets up in arms about stolen, fraudulent activity of oligarchs while these politicians walk past history museums chalk full of stolen shit.

  9. >The billionaire has said he wanted the money to go to “all victims of the war in Ukraine”, and has demanded that Russians also benefit from the proceeds

    Er, sorry, but ruZZians are the aggressors here, not the victims. All they need to do is get the fuck out of Ukraine.