Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »

Sat 05 May 2004Chelsea owner queried on pay 'errors'RUSSIA:Russian prosecutors are to investigate what they claim are major financial irregularities in the Chukotka region which is run by Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich, the country's Audit Chamber said yesterday.The Audit Chamber declared the remote Arctic province bankrupt.