Ex-Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich loses legal challenge against EU sanctions for to links to Russian president Vladimir Putin with restrictions still in place after three years

This defeat in Luxembourg is not Abramovich’s only courtroom blow. He has also mounted challenges in the United Kingdom, hoping to clear his name and regain access to his assets. Yet so far, both British and European judges have swatted away his appeals, leaving him cornered. The longer the conflict in Ukraine drags on, the more unlikely it seems that sanctions against figures like Abramovich will be lifted.