U.S. seizes superyacht of Russian billionaire close to Putin

4/6/22
 
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from The Washington Post,
4/4/22:

Viktor Vekselberg’s $90 million Tango was boarded by Spanish and U.S. agents while in port in Spain’s Balearic Islands.

U.S. authorities seized a 255-foot luxury yacht in Spain owned by Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg on Monday under a new sanctions drive to punish the financial elite close to Russian President Vladimir Putin by seizing assets such as ships, luxury real estate and private aircraft.

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