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The Italian authorities seized two villas of sanctioned Russian TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, as well as the property of oligarch Alisher Usmanov. This is reported by the newspaper La Repubblica.
According to the publication, we are talking about two Solovyov villas on Lake Como (worth 8 million euros), as well as Usmanov’s villa in Sardinia. In total, reports La Repubblica, it is reported about the seizure of assets in the amount of 140 million euros.
Earlier it became known about the confiscation of the yachts of businessmen Alexei Mordashov and Gennady Timchenko, as well as the villa of the former State Duma deputy Oleg Savchenko. According to the newspaper, the yacht “Lady M” Mordashov was detained in the port of the city of Imperia, and the ship “Lena” belonging to Timchenko was detained in San Remo. As for Savchenko’s villa, it is located in Tuscany.
Recall that the sanctions list includes such persons as the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko, head of the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation Irek Faizullin, First Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation Sergey Pinchuk, two deputies of the commander of the Southern Military District Alexei Avdeev and Rustam Muradov, head of the United Russia General Council Andrey Turchak, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Black Sea Fleet Sergey Pinchuk, commander of the 8th Combined Arms District of the Southern Military District Andrey Sychevoi.
The head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, businessmen Pyotr Aven, Mikhail Fridman, the head of Transneft, Nikolay Tokarev, and Mikhail Fradkov were also subject to restrictions.
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.
Source: Rosbalt
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