Secret $40m deal links Vladimir Putin to Roman Abramovich - BBC Newsnight

[@kwelandabezithagabela6594]

the British government welcomed him with open arms when he bought Chelsea knowing fully that he was Putin's buddy. So why wait 20 years to vilify him?

[@idi419]

Exactly..

[@supertuscans9512]

Because the Government didn’t have a problem with Putin 20 years ago, at that time it wasn’t unreasonable to view Putin as preferable to what had immediately preceded him.

[@nicklrrueckert]

Take away his precious team🤣🤣 man picked the wrong side

[@thefoxhat6163]

"Putin's buddy" was arrested. He had to agree to hand 50% of his oil & gas businesses back to Russia & pay a fine equivalent to US$2Bn & leave Russia. If he returns, he'll be arrested. Abramovich is his friend. Imagine what he does to enemies who steal from Russia.

[@josfur1977]

I also didnt have a problem with your wife when I met her.... doesnt mean today we still get along.....

[@DavidJohnson-dc8lu]

$40 million for Roman and Putin is play money, you should at least make it $400 mil plus. Roman and Putin probably make $40 million a month in interest rates payments.

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

🙄😒🤥

[@johnwright3426]

One of romans yachts cost more then 40 million a year to run

[@emcee1337]

when you have 9.200 mio ... 40 mio is a joke - no issue here

[@messrsandersonco5985]

Equally corrupt.

[@gugulethuzangwa8358]

true i mean its not only them these elites make billions n hide them its not only in russia but every elite steals n hide

[@bart5158]

$40 million is half a player in his former Chelsea.

[@McfcMancs]

🤣 That’s the valuation you give when Chelsea come calling. Divide that by 4 and you get the true value of the player.

[@ethanhatley8225]

Former Chelsea he said

[@spizz8919]

Maybe you should also investigate all billionaires? Including the ones linked to the British government. Hypocrisy at the highest level here from the UK government and the British media. Infosys springs to mind for starters.

[@cristona.d5265]

hypocrocy ah...

[@harrionl]

Maybe you think before you make a comment like this… Putin has the blood of +500,000 on his hands with this invasion

[@gugulethuzangwa8358]

90% of billionaires are oligarch they all benefited from politicians either by protectionism, corruption or lobbying or even government contracts e.g microsoft, amazon, starlink all get government contracs

[@shaiaheyes2c41]

Noooo, don"t you dare to investigate a Russian oligarch without investigating aaallll billionaires in the UK🤣🤡

[@gentlemon2671]

Russian troll farm goes brrr

[@anonymousm7184]

$40 million is equivalent to a penny to him it cost him that much on fuel for his yacht

[@TueLesPigeons]

You underestimate his greed

[@jeremysmith8035]

Nothing is subjectivity real in the uk anymore, the elderly mental cripples who haven't done anything For 40 years or know how anything works and believe everything in the daily wail have won

[@sidneyhillaryw5121]

Why question an Oligarch s connection with the government. That is how it works in Russia

[@landonlowe4029]

Exactly it's like the sky is blue lnaooo

[@grunggod9127]

That's how it works in America too

[@gsd2085]

And in the west too! Ponzi BBC

[@niblet112]

@@elenabistiufree speech???? Whilst Twitter was weaponised to censor anyone who spoke out. KZbin bans channels left right and centre. Facebook shadow bans with paid fact checkers. There’s no free speech here. The European Union just voted in digital ids. The people had no vote. You are so preoccupied with Russia you can’t see what’s happening here. Distractions everywhere

[@edwinsiala3373]

That's how it works everywhere more so in the West.

[@antlerman7644]

BBC needs to do something against these bots

[@sapiensursus3034]

Honestly. The crypto and amazon bots are the worst imo.

[@manatee2500]

Report spam.

[@rongyaowang1075]

Britain is the invincible number one in the universe! Tell you! Britain is the world hegemon! The world cannot exist without Britain! All the world's problems! It takes the UK to solve it! This planet belongs to Britain! 🇬🇧

[@nc01sadh]

@antlerman... It's KZbin and ultimately Google who needs to deal with the bots/troll -farms. If truth is ultimate voice of the democratic majority these bots and troll-farms acts as main drivers as influencers to dial up the so called voice-of-the-majority and influencing public opinions via manipulated truths.

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

Google needs to!! But they won't, they don't care one whit!

[@knightstemplar1967]

Amazing how it take authorities years to realise these practices go on when rest of world knows from day one

[@alekseev7646]

They partook

[@surtrpicks]

Yeah but have to prove it, even for obviously scumbags.

[@cranberryace]

Ha ha it's funny how many of these same people in power do things like this ... Only reason this is a problem is because Putin pissed some people off. Who holds Bush accountable for Iraq? Don't fall in love with stupid politics.

[@kwelandabezithagabela6594]

true that

[@tomjohnson571]

Weak politicians are complicit, as are businesses that benefit from the crumbs that fall from the commies table

[@nikkijj3424]

BORIS J needs to get investigated.

[@jeremysmith8035]

Nothing is objectively real to boomers who voted for Johnson, they believe every word in the daily wail, the know nothing, do nothing and don't know how anything works and they are happily burning the uk down

[@manyananihlwatika726]

Funny how journalism is picking Roman and Vladimir as ruthless men but no one talks of how ruthless is AMERICA and its rich people and politicians

[@maladjustedmalcontent1532]

As a Canadian I can affirm that the US has not tried to annex us lately. Or ever.

[@McfcMancs]

The BBC is a part of the British establishment, they wouldn’t want to piss the Americans off by investigating them. They could also investigate the scum politicians and mega rich here but choose not to.

[@derharte4354]

Okay Troll

[@McfcMancs]

@@derharte4354 Why is he a troll?

[@Evemeister12]

The UK was fine with this until the geopolitical scene changed. This is all two faced posturing.

[@IZn0g0uDatAll]

People defending Abramovich because he was a football club owner is really depressing.

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

And pathetic.

[@budm2528]

People believing the BBC, other major "news" networks, or social media...that's depressing

[@Germany12235]

stay mad, CHELSEA CHELSEA CHELSEAAAAAAAA

[@navisandhu2952]

Don’t believe everything bbc say

[@moyoojo7102]

Hmm.. I wonder who in life you are defending? People should stop spitting in the wind

[@marditoon1128]

Im not doubting Roman may have dodgy aspects to his business dealings. The problem i have with authorities continuing to try and establish a current connection between Roman and Putins inner circle is that at the peace talks. He was poisoned and nearly died. Also after having his assets frozen, he went to Israel not Russia to rebuild himself. Putin definitely saw him as a ally at one point but i dont believe from what has been reported especially since this war and supposed peace talks, Putin counts on Ambramovich as a friend or ally of Russia.

[@brendacarmichael3180]

Great investigative journalism. Keep following the money. Thank you for your work.

[@Gusha-c8d]

BBC brainwashed you. We live in a world where your eyes deceive you and your truth can be concealed or manipulated

[@RealBobWilkins]

Fake news ya clowns

[@paul7TM]

Creep. Who cares. With everything else happening.

[@rongyaowang1075]

Britain is the invincible number one in the universe! Tell you! Britain is the world hegemon! The world cannot exist without Britain! All the world's problems! It takes the UK to solve it! This planet belongs to Britain! 🇬🇧

[@bbcisaids6727]

🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤡🤡🤡 wan ⚓

[@jayhoughton4174]

I suspect that Putin made Abramovich an offer he couldn’t refuse.

[@YouTubeGlobalAdminstrator]

Fall out a window or move my money. 😂

[@johnpederson5873]

I doubt 40 million is much to him

[@valdomero738]

Pocket Change

[@warbler1984]

There's a link and he's denied it...

[@IZn0g0uDatAll]

The point is that if there found 17 millions, there are probably hundreds more. It’s extremely difficult to trace money that is laundered internationally by a mafia state as powerful as Russia.

[@sayyamzahid505]

nenehno

[@DougiePlaysSoccer]

40mil seems a little low given the industry. Would expect a billion+ deal.

[@CantHandleThisCanYa]

*Completely unsurprising news.*

[@jethrocastello768]

You could of went a lot deeper than you did , hope there a part two to this investigation

[@Danarator]

And then what? Pointless investigation

[@jb9433]

You can always rely on The BBC to deliver straight forward propaganda.

[@brianquigley1940]

Makes one think Ian Fleming's SPECTRE is not so far-fetched after all...

[@cfcblue8]

Before he introduced SPECTRE, the main villains in his novels were SMERSH. I’ll leave it to you to read up on them

[@brianquigley1940]

@@cfcblue8 Thanks for that interesting tidbit, which I looked up. Real life can be more bizarre than fiction... "Death to spies".... If I believe the search hits, Putin has re-introduced SMERSH (or a version of it). It aligns perfectly with his bio in Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin. e.g. Shield and Sword tv series.

[@jm12green31]

I may be just an American but have always loved the BBC so take it as it is

[@stuartbrown25]

The BBC are corrupt and i would not trust them as far as i could throw them. then theres all the pedo"s like Saville who were protected.

[@richardhoneysett2965]

Very interesting. The British public should employ the investagative jouralists that worked this case in the hopes they could find all the missing public funds our present government has syphoned off , in addition the over priced cronyism deals that took place during the pandemic. It would make very interesting viewing for sure!

[@McfcMancs]

Nothing to see here is what they’re thinking when it comes to the money syphoned out of the public purse or the billions syphoned through our economy on a monthly basis.

[@amiliogarcia]

Totally agree Britain welcomed the Russian dirty money many years ago thanks to people like Tony Blair and David Cameron. They were allowed to launder their £Millions buying up football clubs, super yacht's, exquisite properties in London etc etc with no questions asked! Our British government cannot distance itself from the enabling role it played in the dirty money scandal, that rightly so should have gone to the poor citizens of Russia who live in abstract poverty.

[@bongumusabuthelezi7952]

I never understood the meaning of fake news or smear campaign until watching the BBC and how they tell the news. If they wanna paint you bad they will by all means

[@oleksii000]

So does it mean that abramovich is not guilty and business in ruzzia is completely fine? Your comment could stand a chance if you were to write it under a different video, but now it just looks like some rubbish from a delusional degenerate

[@catcoder12]

U dummy

[@belimalone7930]

Unprovoked by Ukraine, but provoked by Nato might be the right word?! :(:(

[@Denistone]

These scenes of projecting an interview onto a dirty board and reporter driving around is more distracting than useful for putting your point across.

[@MoralScienceEducation]

Great if BBC could review Ronan Farrow's podcast "catch n' kill". The name Valdugen rings a bell.

[@davidjma7226]

Of course! No one ever became minted without the Tsar's blessing.

[@blackelton7127]

No one becomes the Tsar without the Oligarch’s blessing

[@davidjma7226]

@@blackelton7127 Yes, I agree, it is a symbiotic relationship. Any oligarch who denies it is lying. They are simply looking after Tsar's money for him.

[@blackelton7127]

@@davidjma7226 yes and the worst part is Zelensky is a puppet for Ukrainian oligarchs who are allied with the Russian ones. Almost as if they all benefit from the war 🤷

[@yisauolawaleelijah655]

Absolute bonkers, how does this hold logical sense. A very dreadful attempt to just link everything up. Not saying Roman is innocent or guilty but if you would be putting out such headlines give us something logically significant.

[@etorejito1839]

No se puede juzgar por el hecho de ser Ruso. A Putin ningún Oligarca o persona le va a dar órdenes. El toma las decisiones🤷. Y en casi todos los países, los grandes empresarios tiene alguna relación comercial, política o de amistad, pero sin ser participe de guerras como lo quieren hacer saber, para robarles sus pertenencias. Por q eso están haciendo con las incautaciónes, ROBAR lo q no os pertenece 🤝

[@MANNY33100]

Nobody is more corrupt than the people in wahington. Period.

[@mikevarga6742]

They used it as an excuse to rob these guys’ assets.

[@dinyarmaster2350]

absolutely true, and if they can do that they will start to rob all their citizens so more illegals can stay in 4 star hotels

[@Play_Streams]

The govt. prosecuted him only when it suited them. He basically operated untouched for almost 2 decades

[@daniel.j9062]

It's funny how the British government woke up suddenly after the Ukraine War to look humanitarian. Smh

[@HistoryonYouTube]

It can't be very secret if it has now been on the television and the internet.

[@peterking3186]

😂😂😂

[@s.d.c5513]

"All the funding we need comes from Russia." Eric (Beavis) Trump

[@telebubba5527]

"I don't need to get paid for the presidency. We get our money from the Russians" D.J. Trump - former president of the USA

[@JeffreySmith7777]

Jokin Joey Biden gave Iran another 10 billion. So there's that. 😅

[@obtuseangler768]

😂

[@FarEastFreedom]

I love late night Hot dogs and Cheese Pizza - Obama

[@brianbosire4645]

if only you could do similar effort on Hunter Biden and Burisma

[@timalexander3696]

This is ridiculous.

[@mairepcod4063]

Thanks,

[@davidpells4298]

They asked Elon Musk about being the richest person in the World ...his answer . Im nowhere near Putin ..

[@M08J0]

Sanction first, investigate later.

[@KazMaw1]

You never do journalism like this for Netenyahu

[@gideongodwinakpabli5211]

BBC now don’t have any news , if a Russia politician make his money how is that bbc concern and what about UK politicians that’s makes a lot of money from politics

[@montanamoore6065]

So you people still called Russia SMO in Ukraine unprovoked 🤔. You know the truth but can’t say it .

[@creatorofallthings2801]

Stop amazon bots ❤

[@tabithan2978]

Guy belongs in PRISON!

[@sbonelomfeka1718]

Where is the evidence?

[@blesz04]

Bbc with it's moral high ground

[@h0plite996]

Belarus also has companies in Cyprus that have gaming software installed all over the world.

[@rchatte100]

`dont think this surprises anyone.

[@victorc4474]

there are probably lots more deals to be yet uncovered

[@kylecharles4841]

Chelsea Fan Here💙💙💙 We Love You Roman🔵🔵🔵

[@book2316]

Another hit piece on Roman Abramovich to justify the stealing of Abramovich money and assets by the UK government and not by a judge. Plus the UK government didn't even have this information at that time.

[@dalesanton4336]

Here the English Media go again, always speculating things

[@messrsandersonco5985]

Can the BBC get rid of the BOTS in the comments?!

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

that would be good....

[@aistejanusauskaite4117]

Bravo!

[@almanbanks5804]

Why these sanctions doesn't applied to Israel?

[@DikkiNener]

Bit like the Post office in the UK , ECT,ECT,ECT

[@TryDiy]

50:50 that's what Putin demands from all Oligarchs, Abramovich is no exception.

[@ngangavictor5556]

I am yet to hear the condemnation of Israeli oligarchs.

[@z4nemusic]

You will never hear that

[@JamesAttwood-f3m]

Or the Hamas oligarch living in Qatar, taking all aid money for his people and giving to himself and his terror group.

[@wolfswinkel8906]

Like the ones that destroyed Manchester United

[@nikolayew]

I was not concealed, it was known, but EU and UK decided not to give an f about it...

[@edc1569]

What a relief for these guys and the government that Newsnight is being defunded.

[@VineChatTv]

Roman is so powerful you have no idea.....He has people everywhere, he runs his business globally like a drug lord....He has people everywhere in all continents,

[@joesamson8666]

$40mil...really? For a confirmed multibillionaire? This sounds shallow at best.

[@UrhoboWorld]

Is this it? What a waste of public money, globe trotting on public funds to tell us absolutely nothing.

[@richard46966]

Americans discover oligarchy. The irony

[@petarcholakov3525]

British propaganda at it’s best

[@telluwide5553]

$40 million? That's your story?. LOL! That's pocket money to these people.....

[@orangemanbad]

40 mil is absolutely nothing when you’re worth billions

[@NaijaHakeem]

Never underestimate the BBC’s ability to bait and switch.

[@bandamardu]

Imagine they did this to royal family

[@Greenpoloboy3]

The corrupt and the evil seem to be rewarded with money. An evil force is at work

[@tanbirlashkar9495]

Slava Russia long live Putin

[@robertonditi7715]

You got nothing.

[@mbonisigumede7950]

Brotudh properganda

[@emmanuelogale9840]

Suspicion is not Evidence

[@Questioneverything2050]

Forcing it. 😂😂

[@dahirdubow8636]

How do you investigate, you follow money!!! But there is no money to investigate the harrowing act of Israel occupation in Palestine?

[@HeronPoint2021]

4;00 transferred for a price that "appears to be below fair market value"..uh, understatement of the Year??

[@amirsadeghi9888]

Id like to see a similar documentary on president biden dealings

[@UndertakerFromWWE]

Can you imagine the Russian bots in the comment section??

[@amirsadeghi9888]

@@UndertakerFromWWE nah nah, not everyone is a bot, I'm an actual US citizen and want to see a similar program with the cool graphics and detailed explanation, about dealings of President Biden ... why is that so tabooo? even if you're goddamn democrat dont you wanna know? the same way I wanna know about details of my favorite candidate

[@reinforced9084]

​@@amirsadeghi9888 Can't fault him for thinking you are a Russian bot. Whataboutism is a literal USSR propaganda tactic, look it up on Wikipedia. It's also weird that you comment this on British news about a UK-related news story talking about something American.

[@R2_D3]

Yeah, that man loaned 200k to his brother, and his brother paid him back a few months later, that is highly suspicious of course....and all that while he was a normal citizen! Who is your favorite candidate?

[@reinforced9084]

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[@InterestingCoolUseful]

Roma, don't give money to Vova Pukin! If you have a chance to take your money back from him, take it. If you gave him money, it's a pity you did it.

[@jackspring7709]

"A quick rewrite of history, sir? No problem - coming right up." BBC

[@williamwells1862]

So what??? Now what??? Nuthin will be done.

[@walterkaiyuenpang3556]

Putin's ' Wallet ' ... 😂😂😂👌

[@daniluis7777]

A crook.

[@truthmeetmaker3747]

Good for you guys

[@terjemyller6573]

In Russia, a piece of the cake must always go to Putin. Thought everyone knew.

[@sslaia]

I stopped watching after 55 seconds. With the appearance of Nadine Dories this report loses its credibility.

[@oldhippie8774]

Is he still alive? Just like the rest, The Hague must be his final destination.

[@pfx2259]

My mom was right. I gotta start playing violin.

[@JJ-cy3yq]

We don’t believe BBC Narrative setters

[@brianbosire4645]

hot air investigation

[@stretchystretch269]

Come back Roman and Jose

[@alexwatson5507]

How much money does the BBC receive from Israel?

[@danhirst7372]

You don't become a russian oligarch without being close to Putin. Tell us somthing we dont already know.

[@lordbeerus6182]

He was wronged

[@musadube1647]

So what?

[@chrisfilkins4383]

BBC need to investigate their own British government before anyone else's......something tells me they won't though 🙈😂

[@ike637]

Now perhaps you can find links between British high society and the 15 thousand russians granted residence in the uk? The hypocrisy stinks . Indeed tv shows have shown us the lives of the super rich in london . Britain was actually proud.

[@thomasamos9756]

annoyingly any video citing nadine dories immediately loses its credibility

[@davegordon6233]

Better Investigate Middle East Oligarchy. Including Israel. 40 million is not a lot for a billionaire... it is like montly expense for a commoner.

[@tariqmutasim]

Why aren't you reporting sunaks father ìn laws links to the exploitation of gazas oil and gas for the Israeli state?