Billionaire Roman Abramovich received an Israeli passport. This is reported by the Israeli site Ynetnews without indicating sources of information. According to him, on May 28, Abramovich flew on his plane to Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport.
The billionaire <…> received all the necessary documents this week and opened a bank account in Israel. He is supposed to be the richest man in the country. Abramovich will live in a house bought for 100 million shekels in the Neve Tzedek area.
Ynetnews
- In May 2018 , it became known that Roman Abramovich was having difficulty obtaining a new British visa. He was forced to leave the UK. In particular, the billionaire missed the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester United. Sources close to Abramovich said that the British authorities did not refuse him a visa, but the process of reviewing his documents is being delayed.
- Abramovich had a British investment visa, which is issued in exchange for investments in the UK economy in the amount of at least two million pounds. In March 2018, the British authorities promised to check the system for issuing these visas, in particular, the circumstances under which they were granted to Russian citizens.