Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has launched legal action for defamation over the book Putin's People.
The Blues owner’s case relates to “a number of false and defamatory claims made about our client in the book published by HarperCollins.”
The book was written by author Caterine Belton and contains a number of claims about Abramovich and others close to Russia president Vladimir Putin.
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What does the statement say?
Abramovich's statement, published on Chelsea's club website, says: “Today my legal representatives have issued legal proceedings in England in relation to a book that was published in the UK.