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RandySF

(58,896 posts)
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 02:50 PM Feb 2022

Daughter Of Chelsea FC Owner Roman Abramovich Shares Anti-Putin Message

The daughter of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has shared a post insisting that Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is not supported by the majority of Russians.

Sofia Abramovich posted a message to her 41,000 Instagram followers which read: "The biggest and most successful lie of the Kremlin's propaganda is that most Russians stand with Putin".

Twenty-seven-year-old Sofia spends much of her time in London and has previously been pictured alongside her billionaire father at Stamford Bridge.

But the Chelsea owner himself has not been seen at his club's stadium on a regular basis in recent years.

He withdrew his application for a British Tier 1 investor visa in 2018 with tensions between London and Moscow making the process more difficult for powerful Russians.



https://www.si.com/fannation/soccer/futbol/news/chelsea-owner-roman-abramovich-daughter-shares-anti-putin-post

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Daughter Of Chelsea FC Owner Roman Abramovich Shares Anti-Putin Message (Original Post) RandySF Feb 2022 OP
Awwwwwkward ! OnDoutside Feb 2022 #1
What is awkward? She is telling the truth, most Russian tennis players have spoken against it as Escurumbele Feb 2022 #2
Awkward is the next conversation she'll be having with her father OnDoutside Feb 2022 #4
Russian youth (under 40 lol) not much different than youth from any EU nation. WarGamer Feb 2022 #3
unfortunately, as long as putin is in power, it doesn't matter samsingh Feb 2022 #5

Escurumbele

(3,395 posts)
2. What is awkward? She is telling the truth, most Russian tennis players have spoken against it as
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 07:55 PM
Feb 2022

well.

When a tennis player wins a match that was being televised, they are always asked to sign the lens for people to see the signature, the last couple of days they have not signed their names, they have written against the war, and I do think that is how the majority of Russians feel.

Maybe I am an incurable optimist, but somehow I feel this the end of Putin as a leader, if we can call him a "leader"...OK, the end of his reign as a dictator. For one, his action is hitting hard the wallets of all those oligarchs who have supported him, not because the love him, but because he has allowed them to rob, but now they are loosing part of their loot, and people like that do not like loosing their stolen money, the mafia doesn't like to loose their money.

OnDoutside

(19,960 posts)
4. Awkward is the next conversation she'll be having with her father
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 08:08 PM
Feb 2022

who is one of Putin's closest toadies.

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