This is the Guardian.

Today, for years, fans, football authorities,

and the UK government ignored Chelsea owner

Roman Abramovich's Cremlin links and the source of his wealth.

Now, the war in Ukraine has changed everything.

Last week, on Chelsea Football Club's 170th birthday,

a dramatic announcement plunged the club and its owner into crisis.

Of a Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has become the latest Russian oligarch

to have his assets frozen by the UK government as part of sanctions over the war in Ukraine.

As Russia continues its brutal war in Ukraine,

President Putin's allies and those with links to the Cremlin

who have profited from the power of his regime have had their assets frozen and seized.

It was actually stunning when the news came through.

For the Guardian's David Con, an investigative reporter who has followed the career of Roman Abramovich

ever since he touched down in the UK 19 years ago,

the news was a shock, but also too long in the making.

It was like the Empress' new clothes.

It was like the government had just punched through

to what we've all really known all these years,

but haven't quite ever been able to communicate.

So after years of knowing how Abramovich made his money,

after seeing how well documented it was that he had good relations with Putin,

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