The U.K. government offered a comprehensive and damning alternative view in a document accompanying the decision published by the Treasury's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation.
"Abramovich is associated with a person who is or has been involved in destabilising Ukraine and undermining and threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, namely Vladimir Putin, with whom Abramovich has had a close relationship for decades," it read. "This association has included obtaining a financial benefit or other material benefit from Putin and the Government of Russia."
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