Billionaire Abramovich quits as Russia governor

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday approved the resignation of Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of Chelsea football club, from his post as a regional governor, the Kremlin said. A presidential decree issued by the Kremlin press service said Abramovich had asked to be relieved of his duties as governor of the Chukotka Autonomous District, a sparsely populated Russian region near... [read full story]                    

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