Representatives of Abramovich: We can make claims to RBC

The representative of Millhouse Capital, who was controlled by Roman Abramovich, John Mann does not exclude legal actions against RBC, which reported the detention of a businessman in the United States, Prime Agency reports. “Of course, we won’t leave this so. But now the most important thing is to convey to the media a refutation so that everyone understands that this is not true! Then we need to listen to RBC, we must give them the opportunity to explain why this has happened, and then there may be some legal actions on our part. We, of course, will discuss it all, but since Roman Arkadievich is now in the USA, due to the time difference,” Mann said.

On Monday, RBC, citing its sources, reported that Roman Abramovich was detained in the United States by the FBI staff. Mann later denied this information. "Roman Arkadevich is located in the United States, but it is at large. Information about the arrest is false," Mann said. The Russian Consulate General in New York announced that they intend to check the message about the detention of Abramovich. "Of course, we are going to verify this information, like any information regarding any Russian citizen," said an employee of the Consulate General.

Against the background of reports on the detention of Abramovich, the campaign of Norilsk Nickel and Euraz fell to a minimum in four months. By 17.45, the Norilsk Nickel shares fell by 2.3 percent, to 5.045 thousand rubles, almost approaching the key level of 5 thousand rubles. The shares of "Euraz" on LSE by 17.38 fell by 4.7 percent. Such messages increase the risks of disruption of the conciliatory transaction between Interros and Rusal, the guarantor of which was the entry into the capital of Norilsk Nickel, traders say.

Later, lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky said that Abramovich was questioned by the FBI employees in connection with the investigation of the case of the corruption component when determining the country for the 2018 World Cup. "The novel by Arkadyevich Abramovich was summoned for interrogation in the FBI. For some reason, for some reason, they are interested in how Russia received the right to hold the 2018 World Cup. The FBI suspects the corruption component in this choice. There were no detentions," Dobrovinsky wrote at his village on Facebook. He refused to call Interfax a source that provided him with this information, but called him "absolutely reliable."