Richard Masters says that the premier league is reviewing its owners and directors test.
Masters confirmed that the league was looking at the test after Roman Abramovich announced that he would sell the club.
The threat of sanctions has been raised.
Masters said that he didn't think it made a mockery of the owners and directors test.
The test has been under a lot of scrutiny for the last year and we are looking at it again.
He has denied that he has strong ties to Putin.
The regime of Putin has invaded Ukraine.
Pressure was placed on the test because of the Saudi Arabian takeover.
The charity said that the owners and directors of the club should be tested for human-rights compliant.
The chief executive ofAmnesty International UK said that Roman Abramovich is not the only mega-rich owner of an English Premier League club with personal and business connections to an overseas authoritarian leader.
In light of Saudi Arabia's hugely controversial takeover of Newcastle United, we have been calling for the Premier League to introduce a new, properly human rights compliant element to its test.
Masters said the league had some helpful conversations with the organization, but wouldn't say how the test might change.
He said that the league was looking at whether more tests need to be added, whether we need to be more transparent about those decisions, and whether independent scrutiny really needs to be put on top of it.
The broadcast contracts of the Premier League in Russia are under review.
The league is trying to extricate itself from its television deal and is likely to show matches in Russia this weekend.
Masters said that he would like the Russian people to see the strength of feeling in the English football this weekend, with teams demonstrating their support for Ukraine.
He said that they were looking at the contracts very closely, given the current circumstances.
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