The video: "Roman Abromovich schemed his way to wealth through the Russian oligarchy off the backs of thousands of hardworking and improvrished Russians, and was forced to sell when the same forces that got him into power got into hot water themselves" The comments: "I feel soo bad for billionaire Abromovich for having to sell Chelsea🥺🥺"

As a Chelsea fan you have no idea how much we loved Roman he cared for our club he saved our club from extinction and he gave us the foundations to make us the powerhouse we are now he never cared about money with our debt now our new owners dont have a clue about how to run a football club

No other person in this century has impacted club football more than Abramovich. He changed the landscape forever.

Politics messed up Chelsea all rich billionaires have dark back stories but they’re not targeted because they’re not Russian ,English football federation did the club dirty

The greatest club owner. He laid the blue print on how to run a club to achieve greatness

The weirdest past about this, UK is shouting human rights at his face while funding genocide in Gaza. Hypocrisy at best.

Am not a Chelsea supporter but that guy was a cool dude… I like him he was like a fan … made sure Chelsea dominated

Not only the sanctions forced Abramovich to sell - Three (the Irish relecommunications company and then shirt sponsor of the club), Nike (the club's kit provider) as well as other sponsors and partners suspended their ties with Chelsea FC until Abramovich sold the club.

bro is addicted to dropping bangers

Roman Abramovich has done more for the UK than any government in recent memory. He has provided jobs through Chelsea FC and even gave access to the club's resources to the NHS during the pandemic, despite not being allowed in the country since 2018. He has Ukrainian roots, for goodness' sake; Roman has a Ukrainian grandmother, he was against the war, and was even poisoned for trying to bring peace when it first broke out. The sanctions and seizure of assets he has faced have been nothing short of unjust, purely due to his Russian nationality. A big lesson learned during this whole thing is that the UK government thinks they are above everyone; there is no fairness. If they want to seize your assets based on alleged speculation, they will, no questions asked. They criticise the Kremlin for being authoritarian, but where is the democracy in this approach? They are literally doing the same thing. If there were concerns about Roman and his money, why accept it in the first place? The treatment Roman received is a clear case of double standards and government hypocrisy.

Enzo: Bad Spending Habit, Mudryk: Questionable Transfer. U really understood football. 👏

Craziest part about abramovich post Chelsea is realising that he had always owned Vitesse, it was always a running joke about why Chelsea had players go there on loan but it turns out that he secretly owned them as well and used them as a perfect loan spot for any of the young products who needed to go out

UK really has no standing at all to talk about human rights supporting israel, but roman abramovich is not a good person lol

It is sad to see them like this 😢. Great video as always.

Coming from rural eastern Ukraine I remember being a kid in the 90s seeing on the news all these stories of Europe becoming so involved with Russian oligarchs and Putin, who made destitute millions of people I remember my father saying "they don't know who they are getting involved with"

Chelsea really miss Roman.........he's the greatest premier league owner !! He quickly sussed out exactly how to run a v sucessful football club !!

Roman is better than any politicians in America, British, Canada etc and beyond, so no amount of hate speech directed to him will change my love for him, I gave my son a Russia name because of Roman Abrahamovic

bro your content is gonna explode one day its so well polished. Keep it up

Great video with great research ❤ Love from Sri Lanka

amazing work as always 👏🏼

Wow great video. This video alone made me like and subscribe. Keep doing what you’re doing and don’t stop because it is working

I like your channel very much. Keep up the good work man.

Will always love Roman

You are so very underrated I love the football content but I feel like you should branch out more, you are like Tarantino with those videos.

Your content is Dope ! New Subscriber Alexander !

Quality vid, destined for success

class video! keep it up

Fire video as usual 🔥

Seriously, you make fantastic videos... with the regular uploads I can see this channel having a mil subscribers by the end of next year. In my opinion, I think you should branch out of just talking about football(COYS!!!!!!), your first video was amazing. I love your football videos, I just think with your style of storytelling and editing videos on *random topics* like space or politics would be fantastic. Anyways I'll watch regardless, but dude you have something that makes me keep coming to your videos. Filmesque>

Great video lad

GREATEST OWNER IN THE HISTORY OF THE PREM ❤

That was real ROMAN EMPIRE btw

Abromavich isn't a bad guy. In contrast, he added a lot to the football lanscape. Chelsea will miss him.

I hope he’s doing well and managing to keep his spirits up

Banger as usual

Great video

One of the best owners ever. Its sad what the British government did.

Hey man, could you list the sources for the visuals you used? There's scenes of a show or movie that you keep using in this video that looks really cool and I can't figure out its name.

Roman Abramovic changed the landscape of football and maybe sport forever

great video, what is the name of the movie at 7:36

The first video that didn't take low-hanging fruit and actually discussed the issue. There are VERY LOUD Chelsea fans who pretend to forget this ever happened. Awesome video dude.

After watching this video my respect for Roman has increased twofold

banger after banger

roman abramovich was born to jewish refugees fighting for survival in siberia. siberia is the coldest, most remote area of russia. it is also the most depressing, with the highest mortality rate via suicide in the country. to add to this, his mother passes away early in his life. his father dies three years later. roman is forced to live with his uncle. he dreams of a life outside the harshness of siberia, and enlists in the army. it is at this point where he gets his first taste of POWER. his first little hustle was to siphon gas FROM the army, then sell it back to them for a profit. absolute G shit. this makes him super popular among the generals because they believe they're getting a great deal on the gas. as you can imagine for someone dreaming of the billions, he wasnt content with this. he managed to divert a train that was going to moscow using fake documents, and got the driver to take it to riga, lithuania. here, he sold the diesel and became a successful trader. he also sold cigarettes, tyres, toy dolls, anything. the perfect entrepreneur archetype. at this point in russia's history (1980s), it is rife with lawlessness. businessmen walk with a target on their backs. no one realises it at the time, but this difficult period is about to change the course of russian history forever. mikhail gorbachev introduces perestroika. a policy aiming to modernise every aspect of the soviet union, and open it up to the rest of the world. roman seizes this chance and puts all his toy doll money into the oil and gas industry. he quickly establishes himself as one of the country's most prosperous oil traders. is he content yet? NO. the fire isn't hot enough yet. he meets legendary russian oligarch boris berezovsky to pitch him a dastardly plan. boris was a powerful oligarch who controlled key areas of the russian economy, including state media. the plan between roman and boris was to rig an auction to buy the state oil company Sibneft for a fraction of its true value, then build it up to become one of the biggest oil companies in the world. boris uses his connections and, through sheer government corruption and strategic bribery, they acquire Sibneft for a fraction of what its really worth. they 100x it within a decade, all at the expense of the state. this move catapults roman into the highest echelons of russian wealth. as putin came to power, he declared war on the oligarchs. roman, as one of russia's wealthiest and most powerful men, knows he needs to tread carefully. roman manages to charm his way into the inner circle of the kremlin, and becomes one of putin's closest advisors. roman doesn't shy away from the influence that this gives him, and he supports all of putin's goals, even if it means taking immense risks. one of his biggest plays was acquiring russian oil company Slavneft. the chinese were offering double the money of anyone else, so you know what roman did? on the day of the auction, the chinese negotiator was kidnapped and taken hostage until the auction is finished. with no other bidders in sight, roman wins. he acquires Slavneft for a bargain price. once again, his gamble pays off handsomely. great power, influence, wealth, all comes at a cost. there are snakes in this grass. shortly after buying english football club chelsea fc, roman is stabbed in the back by one of his closest mentors, boris berezovsky. boris sues him in a high-profile lawsuit which brings to light his past in russia and how he fraudulently came to power. but, since roman now lives in england, russian law doesn't apply to him. the case is thrown out, and boris' body is found hanging from a rope not long after losing the court case. roman abramovich's life is a perfect example - like the lives of great men before him - of why you should restlessly roll the dice over and over again with no regard for people, communities, or nations. the game of life is only won by the most ruthless. survival of the fittest.

what are the movies used?

11:45 what movie?

What is the name of the movie at time 0:38

We in the west have oligarchs. Ex: Duke of Westminister/ George Sorros/ I could go on. So let us not forget that world wide: there are the very rich / the middle classes/ and the very poor.

The Club still owe him £1.5 Billion 😂

Finally 🙏

Politics and sport never mixed well

Rare breed of football climb owners that fans loved

One of the biggest day light robbery from England well done

The sad part of it all Abramovich is not even a bad dude he just became best friends with the wrong guy 😑😑😞😞

Roman 💙 How we miss you

The days when Russia was the big baddie without unnecessary wars😭💔

KING ROMAN FOREVER ❤

6:44 Have you ever looked in the Ethics and Morals of the UK itself? UK's history in Iran, regime change etc. because of Oil exploration? or more recently Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan. The Hypocrisy stinks.

I just thought about this b4 getting here England want this chelsea we have today

american hustle is a great movie that was rlly funny btw 😂

Never forget what they did to Roman and Chelsea.

Where’s that £2.5billion currently situated I wonder??

Chelsea and it's buyers needs his forgiveness for the betterments of the team if not the worst is ahead

Somethings said was garbage... He changed footballer forever

i clicked on this video expecting to be horrified by misinformation...but this seems pretty right to me! something you didn't explore--which is reasonable, given that there's a dearth of resources that lay it out plainly--is how abramovich not only had a "close association" with putin but played an incredibly important role in contributing to russia's war itself. for example, you mention how abramovich "helped" putin bid for the 2018 world cup. without abramovich's money and more importantly how abramovich's ownership of chelsea provided legitimacy for russia in the football world, it's doubtful that russia would have ever won the bid over england. and it's astonishing to me how everyone seems to have forgotten that russia DID host a world cup while actively occupying ukraine and bombing syria, and only four years before the full-scale invasion--or at least the impact of it seems to have been swept under the rug. not only did the 2018 world cup, like the 2014 olympics, create the domestic conditions of nationalism and government favor necessary to unleash and drag on war in the first place, but it also succeeded in rehabilitating russia's image after the 2014 invasion of ukraine and 2015 collaboration with assad in destroying syria, as well as making it easier for other countries--whether football-loving like england or football-ignoring like america--to appease and ignore russian aggression. everyone understands that saudi arabia uses football to make the rest of the world ignore its human rights abuses and so forth, but we all seem to ignore that russia has again and again used sports-related soft power to excuse its aggression. and all i'm describing in this comment is JUST how abramovich and specifically abramovich owning chelsea contributed to war through the world cup--so much also applies to how just a russian oligarch owning a massive club was in itself a soft power tool that russia used to wage war. and it's a shame that it's not yet been all written out. i'll do it one day, but i'll never be able to make people--especially chelsea fans, who i have to deal with constant calls and chants for abramovich's return from, as i too am a very cursed chelsea fan--understand. it's a damn damn shame. here's some articles on the world cup issue, both on abramovich's role in the bid process and the competition's role in the war. www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/2018-world-cup-bid-exmi6-officers-found-corruption-while-spying-on-russia-9894308.html "Roman Abramovich, the chairman of Chelsea FC, was personally given the task of using his wealth and status in world football to bring the 2018 World Cup to Russia, according to a 13-page dossier compiled by reporters for The Sunday Times. 'Roman was absolutely integral to the Russian bid,' an ex-MI6 source told the newspaper. 'I remember seeing him attending private meetings with [the Fifa chief] Sepp Blatter in South Africa and thinking to myself, ‘We don’t do that, so we are f***ed’.'" www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/05/abramovich-putin-world-cup "Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of Chelsea football club, is to take a leading role in preparations for World Cup 2018 after Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin indicated he should "open his wallet" and help pay for the championship." www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/opinion/sunday/world-cup-fifa-corruption-russia.html [context: russia bribed fifa officials to win the bid] "An attempt by FIFA itself to audit the bid after the fact was stymied when it was discovered that a football foundation linked to Mr. Abramovich, Mr. Putin’s oligarch pal, destroyed the Russia bid team’s computers." www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-russia-putin-worldcup-20180710-story.html "The Russian soccer team may be out of the World Cup, but the Kremlin is winning when it comes to making over its global image. . . . 'It’s good to be seen as the center of the world for a while,' said Mark Galeotti, a senior research fellow at the Institute of International Relations in Prague in the Czech Republic, and an expert in Russian security and politics. 'The World Cup has been rather successful in terms of being a soft power win, not just in terms of the fanfare, but also the coverage in press that says, ‘Russia isn’t such a horrible place after all.'' . . . Even the latest allegations against the Kremlin, such as the death of a British woman who came into contact with the Soviet-made nerve agent Novichok, seem to be drowned out by World Cup euphoria." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/england-belgium-world-cup-score-russia-kaliningrad-stadium-fans-adnan-januzaj-a8422161.html this article contains various quotes on how perceptions of russia changed after foreigners visited for the world cup, i.e.: "'It’s all yaw fault, you know, the scaremongrin,' says Les Gasson, 60, pointing a finger in my chest, before smiling broadly: 'Vulgergrad, Nishhny Nowgrad, Kalangrad, Russia has been fucking brilliant.'" www.hrw.org/news/2018/07/13/russias-bloody-world-cup "FIFA’s flagship tournament could have done something to relieve the worst human rights crisis in Russia since the Soviet era, but instead the football organization condoned many human rights violations, undermining its own policies. Russian President Vladimir Putin emerged as the big winner, using the games to sportswash his rule - to legitimize it by hosting a sporting mega-event." www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2018/07/16/World-Cup/Infantino-Russia-Perception.aspx "Infantino said that the tournament transformed 'the perception that the world has about Russia.' He added, 'We did a good job together.' Putin responded in English, 'Thank you, Mr. President, for your kind words.' Putin told an audience of former football players including Brazil’s Ronaldo and Marcel Desailly as well as Russian government officials that he was 'sad that the tournament was almost over but he also noted that it had helped improve the country’s image.' Putin: 'We cannot help but feel sad that this spectacular football festival, which had given us so many happy moments, vivid impressions and new friends, is almost over. Myths and stereotypes have been dispelled.'" www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/football-has-for-too-long-been-in-putins-pocket-its-time-for-reform/? "One wonders quite what Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, now makes of the punchline to his speech at the opening ceremony of the 2018 World Cup. Standing alongside President Putin, he quipped, 'As of today, for one month, football will conquer Russia. And from Russia, it will conquer the world.' Of course, precisely the reverse was true. One must also wonder what Infantino has done with the Order of Friendship medal that Putin bestowed upon him in May 2019." and, of course, how chelsea paved the way for russia's infiltration of football in many other ways (same article): "Other oligarchs have been allowed to take some of their money and buy into foreign clubs and the social and political circles they make available, uncontested by national football authorities and leagues. The pioneer was Roman Abramovich, who bought Chelsea in 2003, but he has been joined by, among others, Alisher Usmanov, first a shareholder at Arsenal, now at Everton; Dmitry Rybolovlev, the owner of Monaco and Club Brugge; and Ivan Savvidis, president of Thessaloniki’s PAOK. Similarly, Russia’s big state companies have all not only generously sponsored domestic football, but have gone international, too, with energy firm Gazprom sponsoring FIFA (the world’s governing body), UEFA (which oversees European football), Chelsea, Germany’s Schalke 04 and Serbia’s Red Star Belgrade." "Football has already done its work, helping to conjure up the illusion of Putin’s Russia as a pacific member of the global community, for which many were handsomely rewarded." if you're curious on how abramovich's ownership of chelsea helped russia have very strong influence over england (other than the obvious), this article is a great one: www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/03/28/how-putins-oligarchs-bought-london

And that's the story of how one small club in London was bought with state-owned wealth and turned to a noisy side. Strap on your seatbelt Chels Chals or whatever they call themselves, you're in for a long ride down your lower league 😂 By the time Todd's money pot gets exhausted and those 18 years contracts syphon your club, you'll be lead back to where you belong.

It's all hypocrisy from some ppl the British govt and their hate for Chelsea FC, since some of them are United and Arsenal fans and Abromovich ended their EPL and English football dominance. When they sanctioned him and forces him to sell Chelsea FC, their he was providing material support for Putin because his company produced the steel used in manufacturing Russia materian tanks and etc.... but the British and major European countries were still buying Russian oil and gas... and continued the multi-billion dollar pipeline project that supplied oil from Russia even during the Russia vs Ukraine war... so my question is, if British and major European countries were still buying Russian oil and gas... and continued the multi-billion dollar pipeline project that supplied oil from Russia during the war, is not also considered providing material support to Russia... also the sanction that forced Abramovich to sell Chelsea, does it not violate FIFA law that says Football shouldn't be mixed with politics???

Give him back his club.

#nevermisses

Quality >>>>Quantity

All the 'concerned' parties combined to stick it to Chelsea FC. It was jealousy and avarice combined, by the UK government and influential rivals, that brought Chelsea down. Before the Ukraine crisis, it was only Britain sqeezing Abramovich on UK residence visa; when there had been no problem for a decade or more. "We want to be shown how you make your money!" Is a question that the Russian/Israel $Multi-Billionaire Abramovich, chose not to answer. Then all the rivals pitched in to the 'friend of Vladimir Putin', (Vampire dictator of Russia), to wreck Chelsea Football Club and snuff out their source of funding, which bought much of their success and filled to bursting Stamford Bridge home stadium trophy cabinets, with quality silverware pots. Over 19 years, Chelsea became a world recognised brand on the field of play, competing and winning the corporate sponsorship $Billions too.

He did so much for Chelsea he loved that club so much

Ya

Let's hope for the sake of football and its better future, all illicit financing and bribery allegations (transfer of Hazard etc.) during the Roman era at Stamford Bridge are thoroughly investigated.

LFC man here and they stole his CLUB with baseless allegations and B.S.... but until they find the artefact buried in that building somewhere or give him back his club... then the black magic will see CFC do NOTHING no matter the manager 😂😂😂

I miss Abramowich Chelsea will never be successful again And i like Chelsea The American owner thinks it’s North America and you can spend such a big amount on many players

Blood Momey premier league

Yet it is fine that Newcastle is owned by the Saudis who have been committing genocide in Yemen for years.

UK talking about human right? 😂😂😂😂 ahahahhahahahhahhahahah

Eh

What did he do wrong ? Apart from being labeled an Oligarch? He Brought happiness to millions of us fans ,,,,then hes forced out over a war that has very little to do with him , Then forced to sell to An American with An even bigger idea of how to waste money and send our club dropping down the league like a stone and people wonder why us chelsea fans feel hard done by?,,,,,,, I wouldn't mind but its not like the saudi owners are whiter than white? Bribing seb platter for the world cup in Qatar',?

His dead now

Poor jewish tycoon. I feel so sorry for him. All the money that he stole from Russian people and invested in UK. Such a shame!

He is a crook

so surprised you managed to dig out all the info. it’s a tradition in Russia to spend and keep your money in Europe but especially Britain. 😂 when Putin got the power, he had a meeting with EVERY Russian oligarch to kiss the hand, so to speak. Those who did, gave him money and support, those he didn’t got killed or put behind bars. So Roman was one of the lucky ones up until Putin decided to invade Ukraine and ruin a lot of lives.

Pure propaganda 👎

what goes around, must come around. Chelski was in bed with the devil and the current doldrums were inevitable!! Karma and all that!

No hijacked though. Laying in bed with russian oligarchs comes with risk, it was always gonna end this way

glad to see chelshit in this current state 😁

Chelsea deserve everything that is happening, and this is just the beginning. The same thing will happen with Manchester City in a few years. This is not winning; this is cheating. Sports without rules are not sports; they are politics.

Never compromising quality of your videos. Always looking forward to your next work. 🩷

Please come back Don Roman as soon as you can. Save our Chels from these Clown owners that have ruined the club. You were the best and loved the club. The British government robbed you of your rightful property so fix a way that your boy can buy the club back in the future. UTC 💪💯💙🫡

They did Abramovic dirty. Chelsea was his baby and he did so much for them.