In Italy, the yachts of businessmen Mordashov and Timchenko were confiscated

The yachts of businessmen Alexei Mordashov and Gennady Timchenko, as well as the villa of former State Duma deputy Oleg Savchenko, were confiscated in Italy. This is reported by the newspaper La Repubblica.

According to the publication, the yacht “Lady M” Mordashov was detained in the port of the city of Imperia, and the ship “Lena” belonging to Timchenko – in San Remo. As for Savchenko’s villa, it is located in Tuscany. La Repubblica specifies that the confiscation of the property of the Russians who fell under the sanctions was carried out in the presence of the lawyers of its owners.

Previously, the sanctions list included such persons as Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, head of the Russian Ministry of Construction Irek Fayzullin, first deputy commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation Sergey Pinchuk, two deputies commander of the Southern Military District Alexei Avdeev and Rustam Muradov Andrey Turchak, Head of the United Russia General Council, Sergey Pinchuk, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Black Sea Fleet, Andrey Sychevoi, Commander of the 8th Combined Arms District of the Southern Military District.

The head of Rosneft Igor Sechin, businessmen Alisher Usmanov, Petr Aven, Mikhail Fridman, the head of Transneft Nikolay Tokarev, and Mikhail Fradkov were also subject to restrictions.

Recall, on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in the Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.” In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, European Union, Great Britain, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.