Tag: Roman Abramovich
Tel Aviv court orders bank to transfer Abramovich donation to ZAKA
The Tel Aviv District Court instructed Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot on Wednesday to transfer Roman Abramovich's 8 million-shekel ($2.2 million) donation to ZAKA, a volunteer search and rescue organization.
The Russian-Israeli billionaire made the charitable contribution to...
Internal EU paper contains antisemitic tropes, Jewish group claims
A recent internal European Union paper denigrates Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, referring to his Jewish background and employing derogatory antisemitic themes, according to the European Jewish Association.
The European External Action Service (EEAS), the E.U.'s...
Yad Vashem cuts ties with Roman Abramovich after UK announces sanctions
Israel’s Yad Vashem announced on Thursday that it was cutting ties with its second-largest private donor, Roman Abramovich. The notice came shortly after the Russian billionaire was named as one of seven oligarchs being...
Billionaire Roman Abramovich to sell Chelsea FC, donate from sale to help victims of...
Russian Jewish businessman Roman Abramovich announced that he will sell the British soccer team Chelsea FC and said all money from the sale will be donated to help victims of the war in Ukraine.
In a...
Roman Abramovich commits more than $10 million to support Israel’s Holocaust museum
Roman Abramovich made a more than $10 million pledge to Yad Vashem earlier this week to support efforts in the realm of Holocaust research and remembrance.
The pledged funding will go toward enriching Yad Vashem’s...
Report: US envoy’s Herzliya residence put up for sale at record $87 million
Following the transfer of the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the Herzliya residence of U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman has been put on the market for a record NIS...
Chelsea Women edges out Israel 3-1 in record-breaking (and very friendly) match
In a show of support for future development of the sport in Israel, the women’s Chelsea Football Club team visited HaMoshava Stadium in Petach Tikvah on Aug. 20 for a sold-out pre-season match against...
English football (soccer) club aims to eradicate anti-Semitism
Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich never stops fighting anti-Semitism with everything he’s got, both on the pitch and on the street.
What started as a limited campaign in January took a life on its own....
Abramovich sends kids with special needs to World Cup
Thanks to new Israeli citizen and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich, 35 Israeli children with special needs or illnesses were flown to Moscow on Sunday to take part in the excitement surrounding the...
Russian billionaire investor Roman Abramovich granted Israeli citizenship
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, 51, has received Israeli citizenship on Monday after his visa to the United Kingdom was not renewed.
“Roman Abramovich arrived at the Israeli embassy in Moscow like any other person,” an...