Reply to: Doom: Chelsea

[NotAllThere]

No CUK mods? I guess they'll come later...

Yes. First they came for the corrupt evil Russians...

[SueEllen]

You know that Chelsea credit card you have as a fan?

Well you can't use it. - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60714952

Oh and your mate Roman is no longer a director of the club.

[minestrone]

In the old days, clubs with financial irregularities were demoted.

Why do I suspect that Chelsea will not be subject to the rules that apply to everyone else?

[TheDude]

What a shame when you consider that 'Training' is the last thing they were used for. As a lad I needed a good pair so bought Mercury, far superior to any fashion item.

I run in Brooks who make really good running shoes but anyone wearing them would have been mercilessly taunted when I was at school.

[NigelJK]

What a shame when you consider that 'Training' is the last thing they were used for. As a lad I needed a good pair so bought Mercury, far superior to any fashion item.

[SueEllen]

My mum used to tell me Nicks trainers were just as good as Nike - maybe they could make Chelsea's kits?

Never heard of them.

In my day you got insulted for turning up in Hi-tec and you were better of making sure your trainers had no name.

[TheDude]

Nike may pull out and then it's lights out...

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/footb...al-540million/

NIKE are considering walking away from their 15-year kit deal with Chelsea in a split that could cost the Blues £540MILLION, according to reports.
The Blues have been plunged into crisis after owner Roman Abramovich had his assets frozen by the UK government amid links with Vladimir Putin.

My mum used to tell me Nicks trainers were just as good as Nike - maybe they could make Chelsea's kits?

[SueEllen]

Nike may pull out and then it's lights out...

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/footb...al-540million/

NIKE are considering walking away from their 15-year kit deal with Chelsea in a split that could cost the Blues £540MILLION, according to reports.
The Blues have been plunged into crisis after owner Roman Abramovich had his assets frozen by the UK government amid links with Vladimir Putin.

[SueEllen]

Isn't AtW a wealthy Russian businessman?

And he gives money to one of the wrong political parties...

[Zigenare]

Only because he didn't know how.

He could've googled it...

[d000hg]

I doubt he gained his wealth by pillaging the Russian people of their resources.

Only because he didn't know how.

[Zigenare]

Isn't AtW a wealthy Russian businessman?

I doubt he gained his wealth by pillaging the Russian people of their resources.

[d000hg]

No CUK mods? I guess they'll come later...

Isn't AtW a wealthy Russian businessman?

[Paralytic]

The UK’s first wave of sanctions under this new regime targeted:

• 25 Russian nationals involved in the mistreatment and death of auditor Sergei Magnitsky, who uncovered widespread Russian corruption by a group of Russian tax and police officials
• 20 Saudi nationals involved in the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
• 2 high-ranking Myanmar military generals involved in the systematic and brutal violence against the Rohingya people and other ethnic minorities
• 2 organisations involved in the forced labour, torture and murder that takes place in North Korea’s gulags

No CUK mods? I guess they'll come later...

[SueEllen]

I have been curious how there is legal power for such far-reaching sanctions - they seem to include seizing assets, freezing bank accounts and in some cases, just taking the money (or selling the assets). Seemingly just "because we don't like Putin" - never thought about it before but there must be very specific legal procedures for all this. Under what grounds can UK government do this to Russian citizens, what branch of law is it?

It's this - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/u...-rights-regime

Forty-nine individuals and organisations involved in some of the most notorious human rights violations and abuses in recent years have been designated for sanctions under a powerful new regime established today by the UK, the Foreign Secretary has announced.

The individuals and organisations are the first wave of designations under the new regime, with further sanctions expected in the coming months.

From today, the ground-breaking global regime means the UK has new powers to stop those involved in serious human rights abuses and violations from entering the country, channelling money through UK banks, or profiting from our economy.

The measures will target individuals and organisations, rather than nations.

It is the first time that the UK has sanctioned people or entities for human rights violations and abuses under a UK-only regime, and will allow the UK to work independently with allies such as the US, Canada, Australia and the European Union.

The UK’s first wave of sanctions under this new regime targeted:

• 25 Russian nationals involved in the mistreatment and death of auditor Sergei Magnitsky, who uncovered widespread Russian corruption by a group of Russian tax and police officials
• 20 Saudi nationals involved in the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
• 2 high-ranking Myanmar military generals involved in the systematic and brutal violence against the Rohingya people and other ethnic minorities
• 2 organisations involved in the forced labour, torture and murder that takes place in North Korea’s gulags