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Australia sanctions 33 Russian oligarchs including Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich - but does have ANYTHING to do with us?

Australia has slapped sanctions on the Russian billionaire owner of Chelsea football club following similar action by the UK government.

Roman Abramovich was disqualified from running the English Premier League Club by its board after the government imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on the oligarch.

Mr Abramovich was one of seven wealthy Russians targeted by the UK government in a further round of sanctions last week, which involved asset freezes, travel bans and an embargo on transactions with UK individuals and businesses.

Businessman Roman Abramovich (left) and his ex-wife Dasha Zhukova in London in 2013. Abramovich has been sanctioned by the Australian government

He is understood to have had little to do with Australia other than suing News Corp's HarperCollins in the Federal Court last year over a book they published.