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Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has been begging his influential friends in Hollywood and the United States to lend him $1 million each to keep him afloat while his assets are frozen by world authorities.
Page Six has learned exclusively that Chelsea Football Club owner Abramovich, whose bank accounts in the US and UK have been frozen, is desperately asking his high-profile and powerful friends for loans to keep their $100 salaries. His followers who keep his multiple luxury yachts afloat.
But while Abramovich, who has hosted a number of celebrity parties on his ships and in his sprawling St. Barth home, has many close friends in Hollywood, Wall Street and the tech world, we’re told his colleagues are wary of loaning him money. Even when participating in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.
A source told Page Six: “Roman is asking some of his best friends to lend him $1 million.
“He says he has never defaulted on paying his employees, which is $750,000 a week, and with his assets frozen he cannot pay his people.
Brett Ratner Getty Images / Michael Loccisano
He contacted Hollywood producer/director Brett Ratner and the Rothschilds, among many others, for money, but although they were good friends with Roman, they would not agree to give him any money, as they either didn’t have it in the cash, or else It is not clear what the repercussions will be under international law.”
Ratner declined to comment and the Rothschilds could not be reached. Nor did they give money to Abramovich.
The United Kingdom and the European Union imposed sanctions on Abramovich, who has a net worth of $14.3 billion, according to Bloomberg, in early March after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Abramovich sells a penthouse apartment on Chelsea Beach in London, United Kingdom. – Including Roman Abramovich, he is said to have invested. Pictures via Getty Images
Then Abramovich’s assets were frozen by US hedge funds. Sanctions also prevented Abramovich from making a profit from the $3 billion sale of Chelsea Football Club.
Meanwhile, Abramovich continues to do his best to keep his assets afloat, including his participation in peace talks to end Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine has invited him to participate in the peace talks, which it believes have a direct link to Putin, which he denies.
Abramovich, 55, reportedly made his fortune from the post-Soviet privatization rush and owns Millhouse Capital, an investment firm with interests in nickel and steel mining.
Abramovich’s private property in Governors Bay, on the island of Saint Barthelemy, in the French West Indies. AFP via Getty Images Abramovich purchased this property in 2009 from Jeet Singh, co-founder of ATG, an e-commerce company. AFP via Getty Images Another Abramovich property in Governors Bay. AFP via Getty Images
In 2018, Abramovich transferred $92.3 million of his Upper East Side property to his ex-wife, Dasha Zhukova, according to city property records.
He recently survived an attempted poisoning during peace talks that reportedly left him with sore eyes and peeling skin. It was also said that two Ukrainian peace negotiators were affected and that the alleged poisoning was planned by Russian hardliners who wanted to sabotage the talks.
The irony is that Abravmovich owns no less than four yachts, totaling about $1.4 million. Plus a $700 million property in St. Barth on the island’s most beautiful Govenor Beach.
Roman Abramovich and now ex-wife Dasha Zhukova Getty Images
His many luxury yachts are still afloat. Only a few days ago, the government of Antigua confirmed that two yachts in its waters are linked to the pole.
He reportedly has in Antigua the luxury yacht Halo and the support vessel Garcon, which are valued at around $40 million and $20 million respectively, according to the Financial Times.
Abramovich also owns the $700 million Eclipse, one of the largest yachts in the world, 550 feet long and 24 cabins, with a crew of 70, complete with bulletproof glass and a missile defense system, which sounds pretty extreme (unless you’re a Russian president on board the plane).
The 163-meter Eclipse, the world’s second largest private yacht, is moored at Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Roman Abramovich’s Super Yacht Solaris docks at Barcelona Harbor on March 1, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. fake photos
His $600 million Solaris yacht is slightly smaller but more modern in design. Both Solaris and Eclipse are tied up in Turkey, where the authorities do not impose sanctions on Russia, but it is rumored to be a haven for the oligarchs and their money.
A representative of Abramovich could not be reached.
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