"Abramovich has not gone and become good"

Russian oil giant Roman Abramovich has decided to sell Chelsea.

He will not claim back the money the club owes him (£ 1.5 billion) and donates the profits from the sale to war victims in Ukraine.

SVT's reporter Knut Kainz Rogerud, who has watched the Russian oligarchs, looks cynically at Abramovich's actions.

- It should be said that it is difficult to make an analysis, as there is not only one explanation for his actions.

Abramovich escaped the latest sanctions list in Britain.

There's been a hell of a debate about that.

But Abramovich is doing everything he can to avoid having his assets frozen.

His giant hut, his luxury yacht ... he risks getting rid of everything if he ends up on the list.

So I understand that he does everything to try to avoid this, says Kainz Rogerud.

"Symbolic action"

How to look at the fact that he donates money to war victims in Ukraine?

As a stance against Vladimir Putin?

- Well, what would hurt Putin is if Abramovich gets rid of his large assets.

It is not possible to know exactly, but he is most likely one of those who manage Putin's enormous wealth.

So that he donates a share in late symbolic action can be seen as a way to avoid getting rid of his 50-60 billion.

And he probably manages more.

Kainz Rogerud concludes:

- It must be said that it is a qualified guess.

But you need to think about these things.

He has not gone and become good.

None of these oligarchs will at this point go to rhetorical or verbal war against Putin now.

Reasons for this are that it is Putin who has made them so filthy rich.

As long as he has power, no one dares to do anything.

It's a kind of terrorist balance.