8 years ago
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Roman Abramovich has NOT been arrested
Roman Abramovich's agent today denied reports the Russian billionaire had been arrested by U.S. intelligence services.Speculation was rife online this afternoon that the Chelsea football club owner, 46, had been detained by the FBI in New York.
The claims were initially made by a Russian news website before being circulated on Twitter.
But Mr Abramovich's Moscow-based agent John Mann said the report was 'not true'.'He is in the U.S., but he has not been arrested or detained,' he said.The FBI has also issued a denial.We didn't arrest him. It's just not true,' a spokeswoman said in response to an unsourced report by Russia's RBK financial news portal.
Mr Abramovich has reportedly docked his $1.5billion (£1bn) yacht Eclipse, the world's biggest, in New York because his partner Dasha Zhukova is due to give birth to his seventh child.
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| Grand arrival: Mr Abramovich has reportedly docked his $1.5bn yacht Eclipse (above, file picture) in New York ahead of the birth |
Evraz shares, which have fallen 45pc over the past year, slid 5 oer cent at one stage in early afternoon trading before clawing back lost ground after the rumour was denied. Abramovich, 46, is a major shareholder in London-listed steel firm Evraz, whose shares fell by more than 6 per cent before recovering to trade 3.4 per cent down on the day after the denials were issued.
The London-based tycoon, reputed to have close ties to the Kremlin, was brought in late last year to strike a peace deal between the feuding shareholders in Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest nickel and palladium miner.
Along the way, he has also built a reputation as a ruthless hirer and firer, with several managers coming and going during his tenure.The latest, Roberto Di Matteo, was sacked just months after winning the Champions league and FA Cup.
Last year, Mr Abramovich won a multi-billion-pound High Court battle with fellow oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who was found dead at his Ascot home on Saturday.Berezovsky, 66, once worth £2billion, had alleged that Mr Abramovich blackmailed and intimidated him into selling cheaply his share in a Russian oil company, but the High Court rejected his £3.2billion damages claim.
Berezovsky's death is still 'unexplained' according to police after his body was discovered by a bodyguard on the bathroom floor of his mansion in Ascot, Berkshire, on Saturday.
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