today, the premier league welcomed the sale of chelsea football club by its russian owner, roman abramovich, saying the ownership had become unsustainable. yesterday the opposition repeatedly raised in the house of commons why roman abramovich, who denies financial links to the kremlin, was not being targeted with sanctions. russian owned yachts are being seized in europe, russian oligarchs are having to rely on cash because their debit and credit cards have been stopped from working. the process here in the uk a little slower, because of the need for legal due process, we are told, but what is the point of any of this if we continue to send billions in dollars, euros and pounds directly to the kremlin by buying its oil and its gas? one of the routes for that money is through ukraine by an existing pipeline, exporting russia s gas to europe. that is how he finances. the man who runs that is under bombardment in kyiv and told us that
translation: the war, it s difficult. everything is burning, everything is destroyed. no one is listening to us, no one wants to help us. his daughter sonia says, it s terrible. the roma have an inherited memory of war s trauma. tens of thousands were murdered by the nazis in world war ii. and this city of lviv, a crossroads of east and west, saw one of the worst pogroms directed atjews by the germans and ukranian collaborators. this isn t about trying to draw exact parallels, and both russia and ukraine suffered terribly during world war ii, but if you are somebody who has a personal lived experience of that terrible time, then this is a period of increased anxiety.
oil. also, to the european union s efforts to disconnect with russia. this is the message from state energy company. i think the whole world wants to avoid this war. they want to avoid expansion of putin s empire. lode avoid this war. they want to avoid expansion of putin s empire. we know russia s economic expansion of putin s empire. we know russia s economic might expansion of putin s empire. we know russia s economic might rest - expansion of putin s empire. we know russia s economic might rest on - russia s economic might rest on fossil fuels. russia s economic might rest on fossilfuels. if the russia s economic might rest on fossil fuels. if the world s biggest exporter of natural gas and second of crude oil. that worth over $160 billion of year.
mariupol s deputy mayor spoke to bbc newsnight. we still do not have electricity, water, sanitary system and heating system, only natural gases we have. and we do not know when it will be possible to restore electricity, because continuous shelling does not allow repairmen to do their work. kherson now where 2a hours ago its mayor confirmed russia is in control. pictures from residents show russian vehicles are making their way through the streets. russian forces have taken over a state government building but local authorities say they ll still carry out their duties. this is a resident of kherson responding to the idea of a power sharing deal between russia and ukraine. for me, i am against this kind ofjoint control, because it will show that we agree
that has been realised in full, and it is understandable that russia will suffer for many years, many decades. there is a substantial threat for russia connected with these brutal actions, military crime committed by newton. these brutal actions, military crime committed by newton. thank you for “oininr us. a story that has come in. the uk has just imposed sanctions on the russian metal tycoon alicia is one of as well russia s former deputy prime minister igor schumann. mr is one of had his superyacht impounded in hamburg today, french and german authorities are seizing yachts owned by russian oligarchs. meanwhile the head of ukraine s largest energy company has told the bbc the west must stop buying any oil or gas from