happening right now to the yachts that have been seized. a maritime lawyer will join us in a moment with answers to those questions. the yachts might be the easiest assets to seize from russian billionaires because it is so difficult to hide a 500 foot boat. nothing quite expresses the russian billionaire s contempt for russia and russian culture more clearly than their yachts. none of their yatchs are registered in russia, most of them are registered in georgetown in the cayman islands. which is true of american owned super yachts also. and, none of the russian yachts have russian names, virtually none of them. there is lady m, alexei mordashov s yatch, that was seized in northern italy today. lady m is a typical boat name, but why not use the russian words for lady m. vladimir putin named one of his yachts graceful. for a guy who appears to hate people, whose native language isn t english, we can only wonder why he didn t use the russian word for graceful.
since the government froze the assets of their russian owner roman abramovich. there were wins for both of their senior sides, but the comments of cech demonstrate the level of concern from within club. nesta mcgregor reports. chelsea, 117 years of history. the club, though, currently being controlled by events off the field, and theirfuture being decided day by day. its fan base, though, remains loyal. the sanctions on the club are ridiculous, really. i mean, that s punishing the fans. it s not doing anything to abramovich. moving forwards there should be, you know, better checks on owners. we ve been following the team before roman abramovich - took over, and we ll be - following after it, hopefully. changes at stamford bridge have been so swift that sponsors who ve suspended contracts are still on display. the russian billionaire s reign lasted almost two decades, and it won t be forgotten overnight. their opponents, newcastle, aren t strangers to a controversial takeover themselves
it is an indomitable will and they are not going to tolerate a regime change. that means a potential occupation force. russia does not have the force structure to occupy a country the size of ukraine. it s the biggest country in the world, facing the biggest country in europe. that is the scale of what we are talking about. it s likely to play out with russian accepting much less than they would have planned. which is rolling the country unopposed, established-ing a fait accompli. instead, it will be something along the lines of just wrecking and leaving. and, what is the state of information among the ukrainians you speak to? the people who are either trying to flee the country or move to a safer location in the country, how are they making those decisions based on what information?
being paid $3.5 million by a russian billionaire. so you are saying we were right about hunter being given a three carrot diamond from a chinese communist businessman? three carrots. that s a big rock. when a man gives another man a diamond, it s one of two things. an engagement or a bribe. now, hunter is into some weird stuff we will call it an indecent proposal. we were right about the $50,000 a month he was making as a gas expert working for burisma. and that hunter arranged for his dad to meet with burisma lobbyists before he fired the prosecutor. we were right about that. and if we are right about all of this, because the laptop has been proven real by the paper of record. then that must mean joe biden really is the big guy. and then it has 10% for the big guy held by h.
western sanctions sent russia s economy into free fall, it seems they sparked an exodus of corporations. the and companies not cutting ties completely with russia are limiting their exposure. each day the list keeps growing. american express now among the latest, saying it was holding relationships with in moscow, the stock exchange will be closed for another day. the ruble remains under pressure after hitting a record low wednesday. meantime, oil prices have been surging amid global supply concerns. a rare chance to buy a storied english football club. only one previous oligarch owner. billionaire roman abramovich announced wednesday he s selling chelsea, saying the move would be in the best interest of the club, the fans, employees and sponsors. cnn s patrick snell has details. reporter: russian billionaire roman abramovich took control of the west london club back in 2003. now 19 years on, the 55-year-old calling his decision to sell