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Russian oligarch Abramovich spotted in Israeli airport

By:
Reuters
Published: Mar 14, 2022, 16:51 GMT+00:00

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was seen in a VIP lounge at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport on Monday shortly before a jet linked to him took off for Istanbul.

Russian billionaire and owner of Chelsea football club Roman Abramovich arrives at a division of the High Court in central London

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was seen in a VIP lounge at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport on Monday shortly before a jet linked to him took off for Istanbul.

A photograph obtained by Reuters showed Abramovich, owner of Britain’s Chelsea soccer club, sitting in the lounge with a face mask pulled down over his chin.

Reuters could not immediately verify whether he boarded the flight.

(Editing by Jeffrey Heller and Frank Jack Daniel)

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