Sanctioned oligarch Abramovich's private jet in Israel - Source
File photo of Roman Abramovich.
SanctionedRussian businessman RomanAbramovich'sprivateplane was inIsraelon Monday and due to depart later in the day, less than 24 hours after it arrived, a person with knowledge of the matter said.
The person confirmedIsraeli media reports thatAbramovich'splane landed at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion airport late on Sunday.
Reuters could not immediately establish whether Abramovich, who also holdsIsraeli and Portuguese citizenship, had been aboard.
The billionaire, owner of Britain's Chelsea soccer club, was among sevenoligarchs added to the British sanctions list on Thursday in a bid to isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine.
A British transport ministrysourcesaid on Friday that Britain was searching out helicopters andjets belonging to thesanctionedoligarchs.
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Abramovich has denied having close ties to Putin.
A flight tracking website showed a plane registered as LX-RAY flew in from Moscow on Sunday.Israel's N12 News said the plane had been in Turkey recently. LX-RAY has been widely reported as belonging to Abramovich.
AnIsraeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a bid to prevent Russianoligarchs from evading foreign sanctions,Israelthis month restricted the timeprivatejets can park to no more than 24 hours.
Abramovich'splane was due to departIsraellater on Monday, said thesource.
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Israel, a mediator in the Ukraine-Russia conflict, has been walking a fine line in its relations with Moscow - a main powerbroker in neighbouring Syria, whereIsraeli aircraft frequently attack Iranian-allied forces.
With public sympathy for Ukraine strong inIsrael, the country's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem said on Thursday that it had suspended a strategic partnership with Abramovich, after Britain's move against him.