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Almost 20 years after his high profile purchase, the oligarch is looking to sell Chelsea. Here’s the story of how it unravelled

The Government imposed sanctions on 15 oligarchs, freezing their assets in this country, but one man who has so far escaped the clampdown is 55-year-old Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea FC.

Despite popular unrest, almost no elected official or candidate anywhere in the world has run on a platform of destroying the biomedical security state.

Admitting that the cancelled weddings and ruined businesses were for nothing, is not easy. Still, the evidence keeps piling up.

KEN MACDONALD: We are left indignantly spinning in limbo - and all because the Metropolitan Police lost their sense of proportion.

SIR – As the Covid pandemic shows clear signs of ebbing, a new phenomenon has emerged – namely a rearguard of doubters.

Across Europe’s democracies, the latest wave of the pandemic is prompting governments to reimpose sweeping restrictions on free movement and mixing in their societies.

Vaccine mandates rekindle fierce debate over civil liberties

Tougher requirements in some European nations have inspired pushback from angry citizens as leaders grapple with how far to go in the name of public health.

From the PM down, logic makes no dent on these staunch contrarians who look increasingly antisocial