Abramovich Does It Again

Roman Abramovich, of Chelsea fame, has reportedly set his sights on an Italian resort, where Persey Bysshe Shelley used to drown back there in his young days.

Eco del Mar might be quite a distance from Chukotka, of which Abramovich is the guv, but so is the borough of Chelsea, so who cares.

What's interesting, though, is that we keep hearing about all sorts of Abramovich acquisitions lately, and some 80% of these rumours lately prove totally unfounded. It seems like there's someone behind the stories — obviously a ressourceful someone, who badly needs to infuriate both Roman's poorer compatriots and his Kremlin partners with all those headlines.

If this plot ever succeeds, Abramovich will have to chose between the paths of his two ex-partners: Mr. Berezovsky, who fled to London, and Mr. Khodorkovsky, who chose jail in his hometown. Regardless of Roman's ultimate choice (I'd bet on him fleeing, 100:1), his carefully amassed wealth, worth billions, will come up for grabs, and our Ressourceful Someone expects himself to be among the first invited to the looting festival...