Bernadette Keogh

He was judged to be a Putin ally and crony.

And in March of 2022, the British government ruled that some steel companies that he still controlled in Russia might be used for the Kremlin's war effort in Ukraine.

And that was the proximate cause of him being sanctioned.

and the reason why he had to sell Chelsea Football Club, for which he's obviously most famous as the owner.

So what we're talking about is sanctions.

And at that time, in March of 2022, at the beginning of the war, Abramovich came under, first it was US, then EU, and then British sanctions.

Abramovich's response to his assets being frozen was to sell his share in Chelsea.

And he promised to devote it to humanitarian causes.

And what we're talking about now is exactly what kind of humanitarian causes he

that money is being put to.

The government is now insisting that he puts it towards specifically Ukrainian causes.

Human rights groups have warned that a champion boxer in Iran could be executed soon after his request for a retrial was rejected.

The mother of the athlete, who won silver at the country's national boxing championships, has reportedly been invited to prison to meet her son, a visit often granted before an execution is carried out.

We heard more from BBC Persian service reporter Gonche Habibi Azad.

Mohammad Javad Bafai Sani is a 30-year-old Iranian boxer.

He was reportedly affiliated with an Iranian opposition group banned in Iran and charged with the capital offence of corruption on earth, which can potentially carry death sentence.

He was arrested in 2020 in connection with Iran's 2019 anti-government protests.

After his arrest, he was convicted on national security charges and sentenced to death.

And as reported by foreign-based outlets, his appeals have failed.

and this week Iran's Supreme Court has rejected his request for a retrial.