speaker, roman abramovic is the owner of chelsea football club and various other high-value assets in the united kingdom. he's of interest to the home office because of his links to the russian state and his public association with corrupt activity and practices. last week the prime minister staid sade that abramovic is facing sanctions but later corrected the record to say he isn't. why on earth isn't he? >> mr. speaker, it's not appropriate for me to comment on individual cases at this stage but -- but what i can say, and i stand by what i said, what we put on the record. but no doubt the actions we have already taken this house has already taken, are having an effect in moscow and by exposing the ownership of properties of companies in the way that we are, by sanctioning 275 individuals already, a further00 last week, the impact is being felt. and what we will publish in addition, mr. speaker is a full list of all those associated with the putin regime. of course we have already announced saptions on putin and lavrov themselves. i can tell they will refer to what the president of t

chelsea have been transformed into a footballing force under abramovic, winning 19 major trophies. back, and everybody�*s on him now. obviously it's very sad, it's very sad what's happening in the ukraine, but at the end of the day, i think football comes second, doesn't it? abramovich has already been approached by potential buyers, but will he get the £3 billion he reportedly wants for the club? i think that is unlikely to be - achieved, but if you are looking for a trophy asset, something. to show off to your compatriots, to your friends, then chelsea has an awful lot of attraction. - chelsea celebrated another success tonight, but as bidders swirl around stamford bridge, questions do, too, over how this club will fare as it enters a new era. laura scott, bbc news. so, turbulent times for chelsea both on and off the pitch. they went 1—0 down early at championship side luton town when reece burke scored injust the second minute of their fa cup fifth—round tie. but the world club champions began to dominate possession, and saul pulled them level soon after. butjust before half—tim

chelsea have a limited number of fans at middlesborough tonight after roman abramovic was sanctionedfa cup quarter final as i speak. they took the lead in the 15th minute when mason mount played in romelu lukaku for a close range finish. hakim ziyech then doubled chelsea's lead with a swerving shot from outside the box. it's into the second half, still 2—0. it's live now on bbc1. next to the premier league and the fight for champions league football. what a win for arsenal today in the only game played, they've strengthened their hold on fourth spot with a 1—0 victory at aston villa. that result moves them four points clear of manchester united in fifth, and they still have a game in hand. patrick gearey reports. in weather like this, who wouldn't want to start the weekend at a villa? arteta for a start. arsenal manager, the scheduling of this game unfair. but after playing liverpool on wednesday, there was no shortage of energy or quality. this goal the reward for arsenal's spring heeled start. this is a team and a club with renewed purpose, aston villa were lunging just to keep pac

joe biden se fue hacia ellos, que estados unidos se apoderaría de sus yates barcos de lujo, román abramovición para ayudar a víctimas de la guerra, estas sanciones al final son castigo a la clase dominante de rusia, ellos son algunos otros de ellos . >> la lista la encabeza (inentendible), este yate le incautaron de 600 millones de lares, además, no puede aterrizar en estados unidos . >> cree que estas sanciones contra oligarcas rusos, ayudará a detener la invasión ? . >> no, van a distraer a los oligarcas, generará pánico debilitando el régimen pero no parará . >> otro oligarca es (inentendible), además, tenemos a este otro agente de la kgb, estados unidos y europa dicen que estos oligarcas financian la guerra en ucrania, cree que es así ,. >> mucho dinero es robado por elites políticas, en este sentido es así ellos pregen así el estatus . >> estadouninses y autoridades, están detrás de estos oligarcas, el gobierno de francia prohibió la salida de este súper yate, la casa blanca también anunció que visas de familiares de magnates serán canceladas, el presidente joe biden y amigos cercanos

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chelsea do still have a licence to operate on a day—to—day basis despite abramovic�*s assets being frozenemier league. huddersfield seemed on course forvictory, leading 2—0 at the hawthorns, after two goals from danny ward — the first a real gift. but west brom grabbed a point — with two goals in a minute — andy carroll scoring the equaliser. huddersfield are second while west brom are 12th. the new formula one season is just around the corner — but the tension has already started to rise between the sport's top teams red bull and mercedes. a day after being quoted saying mercedes car was "illegal", red bull's team principal christian horner is now denying the comments admitting his rival�*s car does comply with the rules — but that it was "an extreme" interpretation. lewis hamilton was only fourth quickest in the mercedes in testing, with red bull's max verstappen second quickest. ferrari's carlos sainz set the fastest time. st helens have extended their unbeaten start to the new season in rugby league's super league. they made it five wins from five — after thrashing warrington 28—2 — t

well, putin is close to abramovic.merican sources and there just isn't enough information to make a call when they or the other. you have to look at who would benefit from trying to poison roman abramovich, who was acting as a go—between between zelensky and putin. and it's difficult to work out what the real reason would be behind it. for its part, ukraine's foreign minister has advised the delegation in istanbul... elsewhere on tuesday, we've also heard about conditions on the battlefield. the uk ministry of defence says... the ukrainian ambassador to the uk has been speaking to the bbc, and he had this message for moscow. we want to have a ceasefire and we | also want to have the humanitarianj corridors to be opened to be able to evacuate civilians _ and to bring food and supplies to some of the besieged - cities like mariupol. unfortunately russians also understand it and use it - as their advantage to bend our will, to bend our delegation's _ will, to show the weak- points and press on them. so, we also have to di

argument sake, if the russian poisoning story is true, if they did poison negotiators, including abramovic, do they even thpt war to end? >> right now there is no fact that would prove they thpt war to end. sside of the potential poisoning, move how they were preparing for peaceful negotiations taking place right now. first, last three days they cancelled all humanitarian convoys in corridors outside the occupied cities. second, they are taking right now women and children from mariupol and as hostages as their "exchange pool," they want to exchange for captured soldiers and third, they were firing missiles when president biden was giving his speed in poland, agreeing on the same time, aiming close to polish border as possible. kira rukik. we are here, which fact is proving they want peace and negotiations to come along well. i do not believe this, as well as i do not believe that peaceful negotiation for the last eight years that happen when they occupied eastern territories. there is no to putin, only thing he understands is there are language of power, language of force. >> on the poiso

chelsea do still have a licence to operate on a day—to—day basis despite abramovic�*s assets being frozen. but west brom grabbed a point — with two goals in a minute — andy carroll scoring the equaliser. huddersfield are second while west brom are 12th. the new formula one season is just around the corner — but the tension has already started to rise between the sport's top teams red bull and mercedes. a day after being quoted saying mercedes car was "illegal", red bull's team principal christian horner is now denying the comments admitting his rival�*s car does comply with the rules — but that it was "an extreme" interpretation. lewis hamilton was only fourth quickest in the mercedes in testing, with red bull's max verstappen second quickest. ferrari's carlos sainz set the fastest time. st helens have extended their unbeaten start to the new season in rugby league's super league. they made it five wins from five — after thrashing warrington 28—2 — tommy makinson with two of their five tries. elsewhere there were wins too for wakefield and hull kr. the penultimate day of the winter paraly

another high-profile businessman, roman abramovic, worth $13 billion, announced he is selling chelsea has been called the richest man in europe, has product. his yacht, said to have been moved from germany last month. >> keir simmons reporting there. >>> meanwhile, forbes reports germany has seized the yacht of a russian billionaire sanctioned by the european union on monday. "new york post" is reporting russian billionaires are fleeing in their ships to the maldives and seychelles. for more, let's bring in attorney george conway. george, good morning. good to see you. how do you see the task force doing its business? does it have teeth? the russian oligarchs have moved over the years with relative impunity on their yards, in their $100 million new york city apartments. do things change now? >> it is important that the justice department is doing this because it is a very heavy, lawyer labor intensive activity, an investigative activity. it is relatively easy to freeze assets when i know that they belong to an oligarch. it is hard to find the assets, first of all, and then hard to the

admits the club and its fans are in "a tough moment", but played down talk of a friendship with abramovicand that is exactly where i want to leave that one. now to tennis, and a stunning win for britain's harriet dart who beat former world number three elina svitolina from ukraine. and emma raducanu has moved into the third round at indian wells. she said it "meant a lot" to come through a tricky tie against caroline garcia of france. raducanu raced into a 3—0 lead and took the first set, but garcia was more dangerous in the second set, she broke raducanu three times before levelling the sets at 1—1. but raducanu fought back, and took the third set 6—1. the us open champion will play world number 79 petra martic of croatia in the next round. there we go. a win for andy murray as well, and he is donating all his prize—winning is to the ukraine charitable elements. very good. we will see you later on. thank you very much. the headlines are coming up. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. good morning. it is just after half past six. here's a summary of today's main