Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich could settle a dispute with RBC Media group over its false report on Monday of the Chelsea football club owner’s arrest in the United States out of court, his spokesman said Tuesday.
Spokesman John Mann said he discussed the possible solution with RBC TV Director General Alexander Lyubimov during a phone conversation. “We are trying to settle the issue peacefully,” he said, adding that a final decision has not yet been taken.
Shares of Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel and steel maker Evraz, which Abramovich co-owns, plunged to a four-month low on Monday afternoon in Moscow and London in response to rumors that Abramovich had been detained in the United States by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
RBC said Abramovich was detained at the request of Britain's MI6 and questioned as part of the investigation into Boris Berezovsky’s death, and was later released. The report was confirmed by a former head of the Atoll private security firm, Sergei Sokolov, who cited his own source at MI6.
An FBI spokeswoman in Washington confirmed by telephone that Abramovich had neither been arrested nor detained, though she would not say whether he had been questioned.
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