TASS: Spanish authorities arrested the yacht of a Russian entrepreneur worth $140 million

TASS: Spanish authorities arrested the yacht of a Russian entrepreneur worth $140 million

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Spanish authorities have arrested a yacht allegedly owned by one of the Russian oligarchs, its value is $140 million, TASS reports. with reference to the statement of the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez.

It is known that the ship was detained in the port of Barcelona. At the same time, the name of the alleged owner of the yacht was not named.

Recall that earlier in Italy the yacht of the Russian businessman Andrey Melnichenko was arrested, and the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich saved his yacht from sanctions by overtaking it to Montenegro.

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, EU, UK, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.

You can follow the chronicle of events in connection with the situation in Ukraine here.

Source: Rosbalt

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