Jul 24, 2008
Story Timeline: 80 days
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's spokesman says the Chelsea football club owner will participate in the election for a remote Arctic region's legislature. Abramovich spokesman John Mann said Thursday Abramovich had agreed to ballot for a seat in the legislature upon request of local officials. The elections are scheduled for October. Earlier this month, Abramovich resigned his position as governor of Chukotka, which has a population of 50,000 and lies opposite Alaska on the Bering Strait. Abramovich was governor of the region for eight years. One Chukotka official told the RIA-Novosti agency that the tycoon invested some US$2 billion in the region while...
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