Roman Abramovich received Israeli citizenship

As the The Times of Israel, the interior ministry confirms reports that the businessman’s private plane landed at Ben-Gurion Airport, where Abramovich was given a citizen’s identity card. He will be the richest man in Israel and will live in Tel Aviv, the publication emphasizes.

Sources of Bi-bi-si the Israeli government confirmed that Abramovich flew to Israel around one o'clock on Monday and officially received citizenship. However, at the present time, according to their data, the billionaire has already left the country: he was given the opportunity to accelerate the registration of citizenship (VIP-service).

Abramovich obtained an Israeli passport in accordance with the law of return, which allows Jews to obtain Israeli citizenship.

It is also reported that he refused the monetary subsidy offered to each repatriate.

In turn, the publication The Times of Israel notes that in this way Roman Abramovich became on Monday the richest citizen of Israel with a fortune of 12,5 billion dollars. In addition, having the status of a new repatriate, the businessman will be exempt from taxes for 10 years. According to the newspaper, the billionaire is currently building for himself a big mansion in the prestigious tourist area of ​​Tel Aviv Neveu-Tsedek.

What connects Roman Abramovich with Israel

There are quite a few links between the Russian businessman and Israel. First, the former governor of Chukotka has repeatedly invested in local companies. how писал Forbes, in Israel, a businessman prefers to work through intermediaries - small seed funds and consultants who are engaged in the initial selection of projects and offer Millhouse and Ervington (another structure of Abramovich) to invest only in the most interesting of them.

For example, Millhouse invested $ 10 million in the manufacturer of bio-organic batteries StoreDotinvested in ridesharing service With (amount not disclosed) to an Israeli startup AcousticEyewhich creates technologies for pipe testing, the company has invested $ 2 million.

Abramovich’s structures invest not only in individual start-ups, but also control shares in the Israeli crowd-investing platform for business angels iAngels and Russian incubator and seed fund Impulse.vc. In iAngels a group of investors led by Millhouse Abramovich invested $ 2014 million in the summer of 2,2. The amount of investment and the share of Abramovich in Impulses not disclosed, however, it is known that the amount of the fund is $ 65 million.

There is a Russian businessman in Israel and real estate. In 2015, he acquired in the very quarter of Neve Tzedek in Tel Aviv, about which he now writes Israel Hayom, plot for $ 25 million. As the local newspaper wrote Globe, the billionaire even rented a house for specialists who were engaged in designing a new residence, for $ 30 000 per month.

In January of this year, Abramovich donated $ 30 million to Tel Aviv University; a new building of the Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies center will be built with these funds. However, the billionaire’s generosity is not limited to this: according to the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, for 20 years Abramovich spent about $ 500 million for the needs of the Jewish community. In particular, it takes about 80% of all Jewish events in Russia.

Problems with other countries

In February, the newspaper 2018 Le Matin Dimanche and SonntagsZeitung reported on the unsuccessful attempt of Abramovich to obtain a residence permit in Switzerland. According to publications, the businessman wanted to settle at the exclusive ski resort of Verbier, but changed his mind in 2017 year after his application was previously rejected. At the same time, the court forbade the media to publish the details of this case.

In March, the former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia were hospitalized with poisoning in the UK. The scandal led to an escalation in the already difficult relationship between London and Moscow, and the British authorities started talking about tougher checks against Russian businessmen and their capital.

The consequences were not long in coming: 20 May Edition The Bell citing its own sources, reported that Abramovich was not extended a visa, which is why he was forced to leave the country and was unable to attend the FA Cup final in which Chelsea beat Manchester United. A source close to the businessman, said RBC that we are talking about the delay of the visa, but not about the refusal. Later the Telegraph wrote that before receiving a new visa, Abramovich would be forced to explain the origin of his condition.