Tom English: Rouble trouble

COURT documents published yesterday reveal the inside world of the Russian oligarchs in all their money-laden mystery.

Chapter and verse on Roman Abramovich and his absurd wealth. Fascinating detail, too, about a cast of characters including Boris Berezovsky, Abramovich’s mortal enemy, Pyotr Avon, one of the early billionaires, Badri Patarkatsishvili, a Georgian with obscene reserves of cash, Oleg Deripaska, the young gun with unimaginable billions. No mention of Vladimir Romanov in any of this. Maybe, as he struggles to pay bills at Hearts, he might contact one of his countrymen and ask for a bit of a dig-out. This saga of unpaid wages at Tynecastle is troubling indeed.