what do you think of roman abramovich? get rid of abramovich by all means, but why make the fans and the football club suffer? i feel sorry for the fans, what they're going through right now, but i think in football, it's all too common for... ignore where the money is coming from, and ijust think it's interesting now there's morality involved and it should've been there from the start, really. what do you think about the money that's being used at chelsea from him? the fact is we've won - 19 trophies over the years, so, you know, - we've been quite happy. but the reality. is kicking in now. he's too closely tied to putin for us to really- ignore it anymore. chelsea can't even sell match day tickets or scarves — only fans who'd already paid are here today. roman abramovich has pumped £1.5 billion of his own cash into chelsea, buying success on the pitch. he was one of the super—rich russians who were welcomed into the uk. explosions the war in ukraine has changed all that. roman abramovich and 400 other russians have been

we have been | following the team before roman abramovich — following the team before roman abramovichfore roman abramovich took over— following the team before roman abramovich took over and - following the team before roman abramovich took over and we - following the team before roman abramovich took over and we willj following the team before roman i abramovich took over and we will be following _ abramovich took over and we will be following it — abramovich took over and we will be following it after, _ abramovich took over and we will be following it after, hopefully. - following it after, hopefully. changes— following it after, hopefully. changes at— following it after, hopefully. changes at stamford - following it after, hopefully. changes at stamford bridge | following it after, hopefully. - changes at stamford bridge have following it after, hopefully. _ changes at stamford bridge have been so swift that sponsors who have suspended contracts are still on display. the russian billionaire's reign lasted almost two decades and it will not be forgotten overnight. today's visitors,

roman abramovich 's _ reeks of illegality. roman abramovich 's lies - reeks of illegality.'s lies denied he abramovich �*s lies denied he was protected by boris yeltsin and says there is no evidence of it. roman abramovich �*s secret past is finally catching up secret past is finally catching up with him. richard bilton, bbc news. no in russia's apartment in open areas. in the capital, kyiv, 20 past six and it has been shaken by two large explosions. pictures capturing a projectile in the sky over here in the last hour. what is not clear is whether it was a russian strike or firing from ukrainian air force systems but residents continue preparations for a potential siege in kyiv. the majority of ukraine's refugees have headed for poland. so far, most have been put up in people's homes. but for the thousands of ukrainian civilians who need medical care, the journey has been even more traumatic. the bbc�*s lewis goodall is in the city of lublin and was given exclusive access to one of the biggest hospitals that has been taking in ukrainian patients. three weeks ago, 44 millio

if roman abramovich wanted a — surprising if roman abramovich wanted a peace deal. this is not made him, his life any easier. and if only— made him, his life any easier. and if only for— made him, his life any easier. and if only for purely selfish reasons, he has _ if only for purely selfish reasons, he has every incentive to try and -et he has every incentive to try and get this— he has every incentive to try and get this genie back in its bottle, whether— get this genie back in its bottle, whether he succeeds or not has to be quite _ whether he succeeds or not has to be quite doubtful at the moment. they have new— quite doubtful at the moment. they have new talks coming on, zielinski signaiiing _ have new talks coming on, zielinski signalling that he could live with ukraine — signalling that he could live with ukraine being the neutral state actor— ukraine being the neutral state actor which is one thing the kremlin wants _ actor which is one thing the kremlin wants~ but — actor which is one thing the kremlin wants. but whether or not vladimir putin— wants. but w

starting off with roman abramovich. a photo we've also got details of the story and i barely recognise roman abramovich from the photo. it looks like a screen grab the of the details of the suspected poisoning in the ft. tell us more. this is an extraordinary story from recent hours. it sounds like roman abramovich and also, i think it was three ukrainian officials and peace talks with the russian diplomats. it seems like it may have been poisoned. it may not have been confirmed by ukrainians or people around roman abramovich yet. but what the reports are saying is that these men suffered very painful symptoms in their eyes which developed a few hours after attending the talks and her skin was peeling off her face as well. and they went to turkey for medical treatment but thankfully, they have recovered. it's not confirmed yet but russia has a track record of poisoning people, sometimes fatally and sometimes just to give them a scare. as part of a so—called diplomatic effort. and we may never know an exact details and s

a roman. gotcha ranko. originally from ukraine. he joins us now via skype, from the border between ukraine and romania and roman. as i understand it, you are there to try to help your family leave ukraine. so tell us what you and they are experiencing at the moment. well, yes, yeah, i am sitting in a hotel romanian, ukrainian border, waiting for my family to come over. i have a lot of relatives in ukraine and all of them to come to germany, but i'm only my mother and my brother's family actually ventured to leave the city . they were all afraid. most of them are elderly people and also families goes with children, are very hesitant because they said it's dangerous to be on the road. and which is true. it's a very long distance, some 5 to 7, maybe 800 kilometers. they have to drive and it takes days to come. so my family spend 3 days to come here yesterday. it was thursday and i was just driving for 15 hours. you can imagine with kids and my mother is not, it is not in a condition where she can manage long distances, but still she's

as for roman - leader.playing some sort of mediating role, we understand, within these peace talks. would you see him as a real target or perhaps an accidental victim of an operation like this? well, it depends- — operation like this? well, it depends. there _ operation like this? well, it depends. there are - operation like this? well, it depends. there are certain| depends. there are certain details about the meeting in kyiv in early march that i am not aware of. but if he were planning to meet with president zelenskyy subsequent to these negotiations, which i understand he did meet with him at some point, he could have been used as a delivery system to get to the president. because we know putin wants to see president zelenskyy did. so the decision perhaps for this operation to have taken place would have to come from pretty much the top, you would think? —— he wants to see president zelenskyy did. putin approves these operations conducted by these operations conducted by the gru or the fsb. these operat

but it might come further down the road roman. and excuse me, i mispronounced your last name when i introduced you. but let me ask you this. um many observers have said from the e beginning that this conflict is really about russia versus the u. s. would you say that that is right and if so what could biden actually do to change russia's calculus? well i would disagree. i think it's a conflict between russia and the west, the west as a civilization and the worst as a system, political system and economic system. and this is how russia is has been seeing this conflict for years and years. so it's not actually knew the worst refused to see it like that the west has been looking at it as a conflict between russia and ukraine which is just a battlefield. um and i think to your question how could the u s. um maybe stop it? i think um looking back some weeks maybe months prior to this conflict, we've seen how the u. s. administration reacted differently. they disclosed the information that they had about this plan of this war this was n

abramovich.— proceeds don't go to roman abramovich. ., ,, , ., , .ected to have a dramatic effect on the cost of living here in the uk, adding to energy costs which were already soaring. the institute for fiscal studies says the chancellor has a tough choice — whether to borrow billions more, or allow households to face the worse cost of living increase since the 19705, with public sector workers facing a real—terms pay cut of around £1,750 because of inflation. theo leggett has this report. rising food prices, the cost of petrol and diesel at record levels and millions facing a steep increase in their energy bills. the cost of living's already at its highest level in decades and research suggests it's going to get worse. it's a major headache for the chancellor ahead of the spring statement later this month. we certainly know, i think, that in terms of people's incomes, in terms of their living standards, this is going to be a really big hit, one of the worst years in the last 50 in terms of living standards. and that could turn into a recession if

well, it's a spa town and it is famous for its roman baths. from london and i think it is one of the most romantic cities in the uk, so let's go. i'm told that the perfect way to start my day in bath is with a sally lunn bun. so i've arranged to pick one up with a local photographer who'll help me get my bearings. the actual recipe of the sally lunns bun comes along with the deed of the house itself, so you can only get the recipe if you own the house. and they have been making them since the 1680s. i cannot wait to try. i have lemon curd. i have the classic. cinnamon. it is really good. they are really good. so what was bath like during covid and the pandemic? it was weird, to be honest, because bath is known for its tourism so we're used to seeing the streets for the people and visitors from all over the world. as a photographer, for me, it had a silver lining because it meant i could go out and get really amazing photos of the city that were just impossible to do before. are you ready for things to go back to normal now? definitely. i've ha

it is where roman abramovich made much of his fortune. back in the 90s, he had a plan. of the vast state oil facilities, create a giant new company and then sell it off. the price and the sale would be agreed in advance and the lucky buyer would be roman abramovich. and that is what happened. he took control of the company and a wrecked option, and ended up paying around $250 million. ten years later he sold it back to the government for a staggering $13 billion. . , , ., billion. that is corruption. this is what _ billion. that is corruption. this is what you _ billion. that is corruption. this is what you call - this is what you call corruption. roman abramovich stole money from russia, billions of dollars of russian taxpayers. fix, billions of dollars of russian taxnayers-— taxpayers. a confidential source has _ taxpayers. a confidential source has given - taxpayers. a confidential source has given us - taxpayers. a confidential - source has given us information about the corrupt deal. we were told the details were copied from files held on russian abramovich by russi

just one week ago, roman abramovich, the ownerfor nearly 20 ago, roman abramovich, the owner for nearlyey were not necessarily shocked, it is because of events in ukraine stop in the days that followed, a number of billionaires stepped forward saying that they would be interested in buying the club, then today the government to slap some sanctions on mr ivanovich, which means he is not allowed to sell the club as of yet. —— mr roman abramovich. other implications of those sections mean the club's shop has to remain closed. you might think thatis remain closed. you might think that is not a big deal, the club shop being close, but it is the significance of it, that mr roman abramovich is not allowed to benefit from a single pound made in that club shop. so that has to remain closed until further notice. shop. so that has to remain closed untilfurther notice. as far as the team are concerned, travel costs for away games are being capped at £20,000. that sounds like a lot of money, not when you have to move a ton of players, backroom staff, physiotherapists and managers, to away games, inc

i mean, i think it was the correct thing to do because i agree to disagree with with roman . but i do think that that basically the landscape was set for, you know, by the way, by the softness of western actions for prudent to do what he did. i mean, i, i don't think he would have invaded no matter what. so i don't think that you know, and you have to be careful. the man has his hand on the button. i mean what if he were to launch chemical or biological or nuclear weapons in response because he feels he has no way out. you can't corner him, you know, to that extent because we just don't know what he's capable of. and so i think that that was necessary for those statements to be made for them to continue to be made . it's a very fine line as to how much support we can go. but i think we have seen a ratcheting up and we have seen the u. s. starting to deliver more, but they just have to be very careful not to cross that line. and i think it's, it's really difficult for president biden to, to walk that line to continue to walk that line. let me ask you michelle about that line.

it's where roman abramovich made much of his fortune. back in the 90s, he had a plan.he vast state oil facilities, create a giant new company and then sell it off. the price and the sale would be agreed in advance and the lucky buyer would be roman abramovich. and that is what happened. mr abramovich took control of the company, called sibneft, in a rigged auction. he ended up paying around $250 million. ten years later he sold it back to the government for a staggering $13 billion. that is corruption. this is what you call corruption. roman abramovich stole money from russia, billions of dollars of money from russian taxpayers. a confidential source has given us information about the corrupt sibneft deal. we were told the details were copied from files held on mr abramovich by russian law enforcement authorities and then translated into english. we can't verify that but checks with other sources back up many of the details. the document says those investigating the sibneft sale wanted to charge mr abramovich with a $2.7 billion fraud. the secret document also suggests

it's where roman abramovich made much of his fortune. back in the �*90s, he had a plan.ast state oil facilities, create a giant new company, and then sell it off. the price and the sale would be agreed with in advance, and the lucky buyer would be roman abramovich. and that is what happened. mr abramovich took control of the company called sibneft in a rigged auction. he ended up paying around $250 million. ten years later he sold it back to the government for a staggering $13 billion. that is corruption. this is what you call corruption. roman abramovich has stolen money from russia, billions of dollars of money of russian taxpayers. a confidential source has given us information about the corrupt sibneft deal. we were told the details were copied from files held on mr abramovich by russian law enforcement agencies, and then translated into english. now, we can't verify that but checks with other sources back up many of the details. the document says, those investigating the sibneft sale wanted to charge mr abramovich with a $2.7 billion fraud: the secret document also

recent pictures of roman abramovich at tel aviv�*s ben gurion airport.arlier, on march 3, something happened to him and two others following peace talks on ukraine's border with belarus. hours after these russian and ukrainian delegates met, three of them, including mr abramovich, suffered searing pain in the eyes, dimness of vision and inflamed, reddened skin. later that night, in the ukraine capital kyiv, according to the investigative website bellingcat, all three were suffering symptoms of intentional poisoning with a chemical agent. it is potentially very serious, and hopefully the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons will be called in to investigate. both ukraine and russia are signatories to the chemical weapons convention, so that would be within the remit of both, particularly ukraine, to bring in. there was no immediate comment from moscow and no proof that russia was behind this. but back in 2020, the russian opposition activist alexei navalny was hospitalised and nearly died in siberia after being poisoned with the nerve agent

roman abramovich was sanctioned this morning.legitimately do whatever he wishes with his assets. given international sanctions, few banks outside russia would have handled their money anyway, but the uk is now off limits. london in particular, with its luxury shops, its armies of private bankers and lawyers, and of course politicians grateful for party donations has long been a favoured haven for the russian super—rich. and the idea of sanctions is if you make their lives less comfortable, they will bring pressure to bear on vladimir putin to stop the war. at least, that's the theory. but in putin's kremlin, the idea oligarchs have power or influence is a fantasy, according to experts. the oligarchs know that their position in charge of state companies that they run is purely conditional on their relationship, their personal relationship with him. they are essentially the managers, they're not the owners, and so if they speak against the war or speak against the regime, they stand to lose this access to material wealth within rus

and roman, what do you think is likely to be present? it's a landscape fate. well, i hope he's arrives. he will probably have to leave it some time later. i don't know, but it looks very much like that, but for the moment he has chosen to stay just like millions of ukrainians as well. and just like the mayor of key of the former books will champion vitale. critical which is also an example of a storm. you should courage for both political and zalinski and now heroes here in ukraine they wrote before. but that admiration for them has grown much, much stronger. and this is a very good example for all ukrainians will stay and who fight christopher, not least in, as was in response to those very emotional appeals from presidents. zalinski, western countries are now out doing themselves with offers as weapons and military support to ukraine. we're also seeing a number of e u countries calling for fast tracked e u membership for ukraine. do you think all of that is likely to deter putin or provoke him? first of all, the unity is not as big as it seems from the outsi

and, chelsea's owner, roman abramovich, who denies links to the russian state, puts the premier leagueall club up for sale. hello and welcome to our viewers in america and around the globe. a week ago president putin appeared on tv to announce the start of a special military operation in ukraine stopping simultaneously the first rockets rained down and russian forces crossed over its borders stopping now those trips have taken the first major city, kherson. a strategically important port in the south of ukraine. authorities and kyiv say they are continuing attacks on kharkiv and mariupol. our reporter mark lobel is with me now. a lots of developments in the last few hours. let's start with kherson, strategically important. just explain why? and important to note is the first city to fall within this week as you say. a quarter of a million people are normally based there and if we have a look at this footage that was filmed on tuesday, these are russian tanks going through the city which is a regional centre north of crimea but also strategic position at the mouth of the river that reac

a roman gotcha ranko. originally from ukraine. he joins us now via skype, from the border between ukraine and romania and roman as i understand it, you are there to try to help your family leave ukraine. so tell us what you and they are experiencing at the moment. well, yes, yeah, i am sitting in a hotel romanian, ukrainian border, waiting for my family to come over. i have a lot of relatives in ukraine and all of them to come to germany, but only my mother and my brother's family actually ventured to leave the city. they were all afraid. most of them are elderly people and also families goes with children, are very hesitant because they said it's dangerous to be on the road. and which is true. it's a very long distance, some 5 to 7, maybe 800 kilometers. they have to drive and it takes days to come. so my family spend 3 days to come here yesterday. it was thursday and i was just driving for 15 hours. you can imagine with kids and my mother is not, it is not in a condition where she can manage long distances, but still she's comin

i'm afraid roman try one more time. i think he's isolated but this is what he wanted. thank you very much for that contribution and those last words for this show and thank you to all of you for joining and see you again soon. ah ah ah, with who behaved like what's behind them d. w, news africa. the show that the issues shape in the continent life is slowly getting back to normally on the streets to give you in the report. on the inside. our cars funds is on the ground reporting from across the continent. all the trends doesn't matter to you. in 30 minutes on d w a a with sometimes a seed is all you need to allow the big ideas to grow. we're bringing environmental conservation to life with learning packs like global ideas. we will show you how climate change and environmental conservation is taking shape around the world and how we can all make a difference. knowledge gross through sharing, download it now for free. and we're interested in the global economy. our portfolio, d, w business beyond. here's a closer look at the project. our mission to analyze the fight for

and roman abramovich, _ sanctioned today. and roman abramovich, owner _ sanctioned today.a week ago. he faces, a prohibition on transactions with uk individuals and businesses so he cannot do business with anyone in the uk. he faces a travel ban. i don't know where he is in the world. he faces a travel ban. i don't know where he is in the world.- where he is in the world. he is between israel _ where he is in the world. he is between israel and _ where he is in the world. he is between israel and monaco. . where he is in the world. he: 3 between israel and monaco. and he spends time in turkey. doers between israel and monaco. and he spends time in turkey.— spends time in turkey. does the travel ban _ spends time in turkey. does the travel ban means _ spends time in turkey. does the travel ban means he _ spends time in turkey. does the travel ban means he cannot i spends time in turkey. does the | travel ban means he cannot come spends time in turkey. does the i travel ban means he cannot come to the uk? yes. and hisjets cannot land in the uk, transport sanctions? essential

recent pictures of roman abramovich at tel aviv�*s ben gurion airport. earlier, on march 3, something happened to him and two others following peace talks on ukraine's border with belarus. hours after these russian and ukrainian delegates met, three of them, including mr abramovich, suffered searing pain in the eyes, dimness of vision and inflamed, reddened skin. later that night, in the ukraine capital kyiv, according to the investigative website bellingcat, all three were suffering symptoms of intentional poisoning with a chemical agent. it is potentially very serious, and hopefully the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons will be called in to investigate. both ukraine and russia are signatories to the chemical weapons convention, so that would be within the remit of both, particularly ukraine, to bring in. there was no immediate comment from moscow and no proof that russia was behind this. but back in 2020, the russian opposition activist alexei navalny was hospitalised and nearly died inside siberia after being poisoned with the nerve

and roman abramovich, the russian owner of chelsea football club, is among seven more oligarchs sanctionedish government — the sale of the club is now on hold. we start tonight with an exclusive report from the city of kharkiv, in the east of ukraine. the country's second largest city, after the capital, kyiv, has endured nightly russian air attacks, and suffered dozens of civilian deaths and hundreds of injuries. most of the city's 1.5 million residents have fled. the ukrainian forces fought back a russian armoured column in the early days of the invasion. our correspondent quentin sommerville and camera journalist darren conway are the firstjournalists to be embedded with the ukranian army, as they continue to fight the russian advance. i should warn you, their report contains graphic images from the front line that some viewers will find disturbing. head to the very eastern edge of ukraine, and a ghostly vision of the country's fate unfolds before you. the city of kharkiv is being purged of life. in near total blackout, the police in the country's second—largest city take us on patrol.

and chelsea's owner, roman abramovich, who denies links to the russian state, puts his premier league football club up for sale. hello and welcome to bbc news. welcome to those on pbs america and those around the globe. exactly a week ago, president putin appeared on tv to announce the start of a special military operation in ukraine. simultaneously, the first rockets rained down on ukrainian cities and russian forces crossed over its borders. now, those troops have taken the first major city, kherson, a strategically important port in the south of the country. the authorities in kyiv say heavy attacks, meanwhile, are continuing on the cities of kharkiv near the russian border and mariupol, which lies to the south. 0ur reporter has given us an update on the capture of kherson. it is the first city to fall within this week, as you say, a quarter of a million people are normally based there, and if we look at this footage filmed on tuesday, these are russian tanks going through the city, which are the regional centre north of crimea, but also a strategic position at the mouth of the riv

he joins us now via skype, from the border between ukraine and romania, and roman, as i understand it, you are there to try to help your family leave ukraine. so tell us what you and they are experiencing at the moment. well, yes, yeah, i am sitting in a hotel romanian, ukrainian border, waiting for my family to come over. i have a lot of relatives in ukraine and all of them to come to germany, but i'm only my mother and my brother's family actually ventured to leave the city . they were all afraid. most of them are elderly people and also families goes with children, are very hesitant because they said it's dangerous to be on the road. and which is true. it's a very long distance, some 5 to 7, maybe 800 kilometers. they have to drive and it takes days to come. so my family spend 3 days to come here yesterday. it was thursday and i was just driving for 15 hours. you can imagine with kids and my mother is not it is not in a condition where she can manage long distances, but still she's coming and i do hope that she will be able to come to romania and then i'll bring her to germany. but

roman: if we stay quiet now, we're condoning the war. this is one of my flyers.war that nobody needs, neither russia, nor ukraine. we've known for a long time that putin isn't good. but this is now beyond good and evil. the devil has emerged in putin and become the president of russia. reporter: we asked him whether he was worried about this interview. roman: anyone with an ounce of integrity has to take a stand against this war right now. reporter: roman and anna agreed to talk openly about their resistance because they still believe there's a glimmer hope that putin will put an end to his war. conor: a war also against freedom of speech and media. reporters without borders has called putin's new law the final blow to russia's independent media. all across europe, the sudden outbreak of war in ukraine has prompted an outpouring of support. these volunteers are just a handful of the thousands pitching in to help ukrainian refugees, citizens whose lives have been turned upside down, leaving them with no possessions. on germany's border with poland, people are pool

and so if you're not ready to do that, then don't start with roman. the war is currently at a stalemate. in fact, there's more and more talk of a potential victory for ukraine. what does that mean for negotiations to resolve the conflict? and do you think there is a role in talks for president biden? of course there is, i wouldn't say that we can talk of ukrainian victory at this moment. it's too early and are russia is definitely waging a long term war on. so it will continue for months icing. i think at least, and of course, there is a role for the us for the bite and administration ukraine has been asking. since we have our nor normandy format anymore, we don't have the means agreement to load east in ukraine. these formats are dead. a since russia has invaded ukraine, so we will have to establish a new format. so far we have seen talks direct talks between russia and ukraine. but i think when we come closer to a real solution of the problem, a ceasefire and an agreement, then there will be of course, a place for the u. s. at the table, or more eve

roman: if we stay quiet now, we're condoning the war. this is one of my flyers.war that nobody needs, neither russia, nor ukraine. we've known for a long time that putin isn't good. but this is now beyond good and evil. the devil has emerged in putin and become the president of russia. reporter: we asked him whether he was worried about this interview. roman: anyone with an ounce of integrity has to take a stand against this war right now. reporter: roman and anna agreed to talk openly about their resistance because they still believe there's a glimmer hope that putin will put an end to his war. conor: a war also against freedom of speech and media. reporters without borders has called putin's new law the final blow to russia's independent media. all across europe, the sudden outbreak of war in ukraine has prompted an outpouring of support. these volunteers are just a handful of the thousands pitching in to help ukrainian refugees, citizens whose lives have been turned upside down, leaving them with no possessions. on germany's border with poland, people are pool

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a roman. gotcha ranko. originally from ukraine. he joins us now via skype, from the border between ukraine and romania and roman, as i understand it, you are there to try to help your family leave ukraine. so tell us what you and they are experiencing at the moment. well, yes, you know, i am sitting in a hotel romanian, ukrainian border, waiting for my family to come over. i have a lot of relatives in ukraine and all of them to come to germany, but only my mother and my brother's family actually ventured to leave the city. they were all afraid. most of them are elderly people and also families goes with children, are very hesitant because they said it's dangerous to be on the road. and which is true. it's a very long distance, some 5 to 7, maybe 800 kilometers. they have to drive and it takes days to come. so my family spend 3 days to come here yesterday. it was thursday and i was just driving for 15 hours. can imagine with kids and my mother is not it is not in a condition where she can manage long distances, but still she's comin

with sanctions imposed on roman eye bramovich yesterday. and dominic joins us, who has written a biography of roman abramovich. good to see you this morning. let's start with the sanctions and the pace or lack thereof, with which they were brought in. why do you think it took the government quite so long to arrive at the position they did yesterday given the fact that roman abramovich when he bought chelsea, all that people could talk about was his links to the kremlin. >> with oligarchs, they have a lot of money to spend, and they wanted to get their ducks in a row, before taking action like this, because they know that if they don't, that then lawyers will turn on them and it could all be reversed. >> obviously we understand that abramovich has a strong personal connection to challenge sy, but are they going to have an offer? >> yesterday, the football club valued at 3 billion, it is now getting responses, with the merchandise, and with the market, their chances are that at least a lot of, you know, it is losing because of this, but you k

to name and oligarch it will be roman abramovich.ne of reasons yes top the list of target. kailey: -- guy: i think it makes the newcastle game quite interesting. kailey: can he not sell it, effectively? what happens now? alex: he is not allowed to carry on with the sales process as it stands. he has commissioned bankers to find buyers. among the potential buyers is josh harris of apollo group. the government will be responsible for selling it. if they can find a buyer before the summer maybe they can think about doing transfers. who has the money to buy this sort of thing? this is going to cost, assuming is going get the price he was looking for, billions of pounds. guy: great stuff, thanks for the update. alex webb from bloomberg quicktake. we will see what the result is that norwich tonight. could be an interesting evening for chelsea football club. let's talk more about this. we welcome university of nottingham assistant professor of politics and international relations, a specialist in sanctions. talk us through the effects, if a

there's still, still no condemnation from roman or the club about what's happening in ukraine.mic moment but not entirely unexpected, coming after mounting calls for the government to sanction him. he's a person of interest to the home office because of his links to the russian state and his public association with corrupt activity and practices. abramovich has always denied doing anything to warrant sanctions, but some will see this as an attempt to secure the club's future before any possible sanctions come his way. chelsea have been transformed into a footballing force under abramovich, winning 19 major trophies — little wonder, then, that some supporters are sad to see him go. absolutely gutted, mate. but he's done it for the right reasons. we know he has. british government put a target on his back, and everybody's on him now. obviously it's very - sad what is happening in the ukraine, but at the end of the day, l 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 t

and roman, what do you think is likely to be present? it's a landscape fate. well, i hope this arrives. she will probably have to leave the keys or sometime late. i don't know, but it looks very much like that, but for the moment he has chosen to stay just like millions of ukrainians as well. and just like the mayor of ski of the former books will champion vitale political, which is also an example of astonishing courage. on both political and zalinski and now heroes here in ukraine they wrote before. but that admiration for them has grown much, much stronger. and this is a very good example for all ukrainians will stay and who fight christ, of not least in those risk in response to those very emotional appeals from presidents. zalinski, western countries are now out doing themselves with offers as weapons and military support to ukraine. we're also seeing a number of e u countries calling for fast tract e u membership for ukraine. do you think all of that is likely to deter, put in or provoke him? first of all, the unity is not as big as it seems from the out

the russian oligarch roman abramovich is reportedly attending peace talks in istanbul, it comes as he claimed to have been poisoned at previous talks in the month. more on that interesting choice of a country. and also this morning, fines could be issued in the coming hours for those allegations, could the prime minister be among them, and the chancellor? >>> and will smith's slap, some interesting reactions on that, stay tuned for those, and what next in p achd o ferries as the bostons to face questions, we will talk to one of the 800 workers sacked by the country. it is tuesday the 29th of march. >>> confirming the russian oligarch roman abramovich is attending peace talks in istanbul between ukraine and russia. >> ukrainian negotiators began peace talks in turkey amidst claims that three of them were poisoned at a meeting earlier this month. >>> and in the meantime, pictures in mariupol show the devastation in the city, as ukrainian forces say they have retaken urpin and some of other towns. >>> investigation, more than 25 subpoenas could be issued today. >>> don't go too far. will

and, chelsea's owner, roman abramovich, who denies links to the russian state, puts the premier league football club up for sale. hello and welcome to newsday. seven days after russia began its invasion of ukraine, russian soldiers have taken the ukrainian port city of kherson. it's the first city to have fallen under the control of the invading forces. russia has continued its attacks on other cities too. ukranian authorities say there has been heavy fire on the cities of kharkiv, near the russian border, and mariupol, which lies to the south, around a hundred kilometres from crimea. ukraine says more than 2,000 civilians have been killed since the invasion began. meanwhile russia has for the first time acknowledged military casualties, confirming nearly 500 deaths, and three times that number being injured. we begin our coverage with this report from our international correspondent orla guerin, on the russian advance towards the capital, kyiv. in broad daylight, danger just outside the window. this is the town of borodyanka, about 25 miles from kyiv. as the russians advance on the ci

alongside roman abramovich during a medium and kyiv.l smith has apologized to chris rock for slapping him at the oscars ceremony. saying his behavior was unacceptable and inexcusable. and investigating party gate in downing street. sky news understands more than 20 fines could be the issue today. let's get more now on that story, what might happen if the pm is fined and the partygate investigation? earlier i spoke to the children's and family minister. he wasn't quite open to answering the question. >> i entirely understand why you asked that question. i understand the huge public interest. i completely understand the considerable upset cause of the events that took place. shouldn't have happened. but i -- as an education minute to stir, more importantly with the ongoing metropolitan police and investigation i can't comment. >> we are expecting fines today, if one of them is for the prime minister. should he resign? >> that's a hypothetical question. you wouldn't expect me to answer that. >> the education minister, we both know what hyp