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Roman Abramovich in the turmoil
In recent years, the businessman Roman Abramovich has become one of the figures of Saint-Barthélemy Island. Property of a vast property in Governor since 2009, he donates 1.5 million euros to the community so that it fully renovates St. John's football stadium.
In 2017, after the devastating passese of Hurricane Irma in early September, Roman Abramovich once again finances the reconstruction of the stadium and the sports infrastructures of the plain of Saint John.
For a similar investment since EUR 1.3 and 1.5 million. A year earlier, the famous resident had contributed 550,000 euros to the rehabilitation and the development of the pond of Saint John, for a site whose amount amounted to 6.9 million euros.
But the oligarch to the multiple nationalities (Russian birth, Israeli since 2018 and Portuguese since 2021) is going through a period of the most torque since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Not as tormented as that of Ukraid citizens, however ... according to Reuters press agency, Roman Abramovich
Flying for Moscow (Russia) on Tuesday, March 15th. A journey that intervenes, while the assets of the businessman have recently been frozen by the British government as well as by the European Union and other occupational countries because of its links with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
At the same time, the parallel justice has announced that they have led several searches and arrested the Rabbi of the Community of Porto as part of a survey on the naturalization of descendants of the Jews, of which Roman Abramovich benefited. The survey focuses on facts "likely to establish traffic offenses of influence, active corruption, falsification of documents, money laundering or tax evidence," says a public prosecutor.
Daniel Litvak, Grand Rabbi, was arrested Thursday in Porto, as he was about to return to Israel. Since then, the Portuguese Foreign Minister has announced that the country would harden the law granting citizenship to the descendants of Jews persecuted in Portugal and Spain by the inquisition in the 15th century.