00:00roman abramovitch was forced to sell chelsea in twenty twenty two after being sanctioned by britain because of his links
00:08to vladimir putin
00:10the money he made from the sale has remained in a u k bank account and the government is currently
00:16locked in a dispute with the oligarch about the future of the funds the government gave mr abramovitch a nineteen
00:24-day deadline
00:26last december when it issued a license permitting the transfer of over 2.6 billion pounds in proceeds from the
00:35sale of chelsea football club into a new foundation for humanitarian purposes in ukraine no such transfer has been made
00:45the foreign secretary told the house of commons that the uk and its allies are working to hand over russian
00:54assets
00:54which have been frozen since the start of the war to kiev this winter but would not directly comment on
01:03the chelsea sale ed milliband was pressured about the transfer at the foreign office questions in the commons on tuesday
01:10the foreign secretary told the commons he would be careful what he says about the issues because of legal processes
01:18adding we are absolutely determined
01:21to take action on the question that was raised around chelsea football club
