- Ukrainian activist urges government to investigate City owner
- ‘Many oligarchs appear to have found home for wealth in UAE’
The UK government has been asked to reveal what steps it has taken to investigate whether Manchester City’s owner, Sheikh Mansour, assisted wealthy Russians on whom it has imposed sanctions in moving their assets to the United Arab Emirates.
Lawyers acting on behalf of a Ukrainian activist – who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals from Russia – have written to the foreign secretary, James Cleverly, to ask whether investigations have been carried out to determine whether Mansour, the UAE’s deputy prime minister, should be identified as a “designated person” subject to financial sanctions under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
