Four more law suits have been launched against the book Putin’s People, whose publishers are already being sued by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. Oil company Rosneft and three high-profile Russian businessmen have brought claims against HarperCollins, publishers of Catherine Belton’s book. A spokesperson for Abramovich said the Chelsea owner learned of these new claims on their release into the public domain, but had no further knowledge of the fresh law suits. “We became aware of these law suits as they became publicly available in the court files, ” Abramovich’s spokesperson told the PA news agency. The Putin’s People book includes claims from Sergei Pugachev that Abramovich bought Chelsea in 2003 on the personal orders of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.

Source: Express May 01, 2021 12:22 UTC