Roman Abramovich effectively barred from living in UK over situation around Ukraine

Chelsea’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich has effectively been barred from living in Britain again, Report informs referring to The Sun.

The billionaire has not been seen at the club’s Stamford Bridge home for months.

He withdrew his application for a UK Tier 1 investor visa in 2018, following criticism of oligarchs in the wake of the nerve gas atrocity in Salisbury, Wilts.

Now senior security sources say it is unlikely the 55-year-old will ever be allowed to set up home in Britain again.

It is understood his case is being handled by the Home Office’s secretive “Special Cases Unit”.

It is part of the Security and Counter-Terrorist directorate which handles top-secret matters of national security.

There is no suggestion that Abramovich is connected to terrorism or involved in wrongdoing.

In 2018 he acquired Israeli citizenship that would allow him entry to Britain for up to six months.

Last October he used an Israeli passport to make a flying visit to London.