Abramovich 10:33 - May 29 with 10534 views | qprichard | Found this on a Cypriot site. I have no idea if its accurate. According to a number of reports, Roman Abramovich has already been granted Israeli citizenship. On the basis of his Jewish heritage and, presumably, his existing substantial investment/property ownership in Israel reportedly having also bought an hotel there which he was/is converting to a residence. An Israeli passport will give him visa-free travel to the UK for 'limited periods of stay on each entry'. So he can now continue to visit his football club whenever he wishes. I can only view it as yet another 'nationalisation of convenience' move - so common these days. As a Russian Jew, he never seems to have sought Israeli nationality at any other stage in his life. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Abramovich on 10:35 - May 29 with 10522 views | paesanu | It's making the main media outlets so yep, nice little loophole for him | ![](/images/avatars/2275.gif) |
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Abramovich on 10:51 - May 29 with 10472 views | aston_hoop | Will they make him go back and do his national service? | ![](/images/avatars/1351.gif) |
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Abramovich on 11:36 - May 29 with 10340 views | DannyPaddox | From the Times of Israel "As a new citizen, Abramovich is exempt from taxes in Israel on income earned abroad for 10 years, and need not declare the sources of that income for the same period." | ![](/images/avatars/17496.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Abramovich on 12:51 - May 29 with 10170 views | blacky200 | A loophole it may be but it is only a limited visitor visa so he can not work here. If caught working then I would imagine the right to a limited visa could be stripped. Either way it will rumble on for a few months then he'll be granted a work visa. Money talks even if it is (allegedly) dirty. | ![](/images/avatars/1269.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Abramovich on 13:11 - May 29 with 10108 views | WanderR | An Israeli passport means he doesn't need a visa before getting on a plane to the UK but he can still be turned away at the border if the government sees fit to do so. | ![](/images/avatars/3063.gif) |
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Abramovich on 13:18 - May 29 with 10066 views | TacticalR | 'Again I tell you, it easier for a rich man to pass through UK border control than it is for a Windrush immigrant to prove he has lived here for fifty years.' [Post edited 29 May 2018 13:28]
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Abramovich on 13:39 - May 29 with 9988 views | LythamR |
Abramovich on 12:51 - May 29 by blacky200 | A loophole it may be but it is only a limited visitor visa so he can not work here. If caught working then I would imagine the right to a limited visa could be stripped. Either way it will rumble on for a few months then he'll be granted a work visa. Money talks even if it is (allegedly) dirty. |
meanwhile the 0 hours contract as Costa Coffee is out of his reach that'll teach him | ![](/images/avatars/7718.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Abramovich on 15:17 - May 29 with 9844 views | PlanetHonneywood | The chicken soup has gone home to roost. | ![](/images/avatars/16575.gif) |
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Abramovich on 17:55 - May 30 with 9290 views | Cliff_Schitzinabag | Oy Vey. I was once assured by one of that lot that " Abramovich ain't Jewish, he's Russian". | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Abramovich on 18:49 - May 30 with 9237 views | N12Hoop |
Abramovich on 17:55 - May 30 by Cliff_Schitzinabag | Oy Vey. I was once assured by one of that lot that " Abramovich ain't Jewish, he's Russian". |
Why "oy vey"? Not stereotyping are we? And what does "that lot" mean? | ![](/images/avatars/5963.gif) |
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Abramovich on 18:50 - May 30 with 9232 views | N12Hoop |
Abramovich on 15:17 - May 29 by PlanetHonneywood | The chicken soup has gone home to roost. |
"chicken soup"? What does that mean? | ![](/images/avatars/5963.gif) |
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Abramovich on 19:57 - May 30 with 9200 views | Cliff_Schitzinabag |
Abramovich on 18:49 - May 30 by N12Hoop | Why "oy vey"? Not stereotyping are we? And what does "that lot" mean? |
Ah bless. Surely it's obvious from the quote, even to a member of the perpetually offended like you, that by "that lot", I was referring to Chelsea fans. I can't see anything wrong with the use of a Jewish colloquilism in the context of this story either, but I'll let you have the last word on that, once you've finished being offended by half the posts on here | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Abramovich on 20:19 - May 30 with 9172 views | N12Hoop |
Abramovich on 19:57 - May 30 by Cliff_Schitzinabag | Ah bless. Surely it's obvious from the quote, even to a member of the perpetually offended like you, that by "that lot", I was referring to Chelsea fans. I can't see anything wrong with the use of a Jewish colloquilism in the context of this story either, but I'll let you have the last word on that, once you've finished being offended by half the posts on here |
Once i picked up myself off the floor having laughed so hard at your clever and witty "name", because i'm not so bright and struggle with big words I looked up in the Oxford Dictionary the meaning of "colloquilism". It states: "A word or phrase that is not formal or literary and is used in ordinary or familiar conversation". Now I've never heard the phrase "oy vey" in "ordinary or familiar conversation" and I doubt you have either unless you hang out with Jackie Mason. So basically my point holds and I'll just call it a day now knowing that perhaps you're not so smart after all, you just like to use words you don't understand and hope it makes you look cleverer than you obviously are. | ![](/images/avatars/5963.gif) |
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Abramovich on 20:42 - May 30 with 9142 views | LythamR |
Abramovich on 17:55 - May 30 by Cliff_Schitzinabag | Oy Vey. I was once assured by one of that lot that " Abramovich ain't Jewish, he's Russian". |
He is both | ![](/images/avatars/7718.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Abramovich on 13:57 - May 31 with 8830 views | johncharles |
Abramovich on 18:50 - May 30 by N12Hoop | "chicken soup"? What does that mean? |
If I can live with sheep shagger then you’ll have to make an effort with chicken soup | ![](/images/avatars/13091.gif) |
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Abramovich on 14:58 - May 31 with 8775 views | Toast_R | Sounds like he's binning off their new Stadium idea. | ![](/images/avatars/1554.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
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