Speaking in the Commons on Tuesday afternoon, Labour MP Chris Bryant has urged the government to speed up its process of putting sanctions in place.
, although the inner workings of the club are set to remain unchanged following the 55-year-old’s decision and he still remains the owner.
Meanwhile, Uzbekistan-born billionaire Alisher Usmanov, who has links with Everton, has had his assets frozen as part of sanctions by the European Union.And Bryant has urged the UK Government to speed up its process of putting sanctions in place.Labour MP Chris Bryant is calling on the UK Government to seize Roman Abramovich’s assets
‘But the Government has said that it wants to, quite rightly, to sanction Duma members and it wants to sanction members of the Russian Federation Council but it’s not been able to do so yet. ‘Alisher Usmanov has already been sanctioned by the EU but not yet by the UK, but I suspect he’ll be pretty soon on a UK list and‘Roman Abramovich, well, I think he’s terrified of being sanctioned, which is why he’s already going to sell his home tomorrow, and sell another flat as well.
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