Abramovich jet lands in Moscow

March 15, 2022 by AAP
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A jet linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has landed in Moscow, after taking off from Istanbul following a brief stop there, FLIGHTRADAR24 data shows.

Chelsea owner and Israeli billionaire Roman Abramovich in 2018. Credit: Chelsea FC

The jet linked to Abramovich, the owner of Britain’s Chelsea soccer club, arrived in Istanbul from Israel on Monday, shortly after he was seen in Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport.

Abramovich was among seven Russian billionaires added to a British sanctions list last week to try to isolate President Vladimir Putin over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. European Union diplomats have embraced a similar move.

The Russian oligarch, who also holds Israeli and Portuguese citizenship, has denied having close ties to Putin.

A photograph obtained by Reuters showed Abramovich sitting in Tel Aviv airport’s VIP lounge with a face mask pulled down over his chin on Monday.

Reuters could not verify whether he boarded the flight to Istanbul from Tel Aviv on Monday or the one from Istanbul to Moscow.

Abramovich said last week he was selling the London club, but that sale is now on hold with Chelsea operating under a special government licence, and the Premier League board has disqualified him as a club director.

A British transport ministry source said on Friday that Britain was searching out helicopters and jets belonging to the sanctioned oligarchs.

Multiple properties including opulent yachts worth hundreds of millions of dollars have been seized by authorities in Europe in recent days.

Refinitiv ship tracking data showed Abramovich’s $US600 million ($A830 million) yacht Solaris was underway off the coast of Albania on Tuesday morning with the status “awaiting orders”.

Its destination was shown as Turkey after leaving  Montenegro but that was removed late on Monday.

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