Roman Abramovich’s life of luxury in Turkish exile

Turkey, the country where East meets West, is an ideal no-man’s-land for the billionaire amid rumours in Moscow he would be willing to open dialogue with Donald Trump.

Roman Abramovich’s superyacht the Solaris berthed in Barcelona in 2022. Sanctions against the billionaire have forced him – and his luxuy vessels – to now be based in Turkey. Bloomberg

Tom Morgan

Jan 23, 2025 – 5.00am

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In the best restaurants along the Bosphorus Strait Roman Abramovich’s generous tips are setting tongues wagging as much as they once did in London.

“I love Abramovich so much,” enthuses Omer Ataysin, a favoured Istanbul-based chef. No wonder; Ataysin received a $US10,000 bonus for a night’s work last summer providing a barbecue for the former Chelsea owner and his friends at his hideaway villa.

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