Under Roman Abramovich’s free-spending chairmanship, Chelsea has been transformed from one of England’s also-rans into a giant of European football. — Reuters picLONDON, March 23 — UK publisher HarperCollins vowed today to “robustly defend” a defamation lawsuit filed by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich over a book that claims he took over Chelsea Football Club at the Kremlin’s behest.
Putin personally instructed Abramovich to buy Chelsea in 2003 as part of the influence operation, according to the book.
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