Foreign secretary: Attempts to persuade Abramovich to pay have 'come to nothing'

Chelsea FC's former owner Roman Abramovich has been told by the British government to pay £2.5bn into a Ukraine fund or face court action. Sir Keir Starmer said during PMQs that "the clock is ticking, honour the commitment that you made". The Russian oligarch pledged in 2022 that the £2.5bn he made from the sale of the club would be used to benefit victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, the funds remain frozen in a British bank account. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told Sky's Beth Rigby attempts to get Mr Abramovich to pay up had "come to nothing". Live updates: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-starmer-labour-budget-taxes-farage-badenoch-12593360 #romanabramovich #chelseafc #russiaukrainewar #ukraine #euroclear SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales