These oligarchs’ high lives are over — at least in Italy.
Italian police have seized more than $150 million worth of yachts and villas from four superrich Russians who had been placed on an EU sanctions list after Moscow attacked Ukraine, sources told Reuters Saturday.
A luxe villa owned by billionaire businessman Alisher Usmanov on the island of Sardinia, as well as a villa on Lake Como owned by state TV host Vladimir Soloviev have been seized, police sources told the outlet.
Yachts belonging to Russia’s richest man, Alexey Mordashov — who has a net worth just north of $29 billion, according to Forbes — and Gennady Timchenko, who is close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, were impounded overnight in the northern Italian port of Imperia.
Russian oligarchs reportedly bought a number of luxury estates in Italy over the past 20 years and sources said more of them are expected to be seized in coming days as the West increases its sanctions against Russia.
The Bank of Italy’s financial intelligence division on Friday told Italian banks to notify it of all measures taken to freeze the assets of people and entities placed on the EU list.
Uzbekistan-born Usmanov is well known in Italy for owning multiple properties on Sardinia and Mordashov reportedly owns a $72 million villa on the same island.
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Mordashov and his family had an estimated net worth of $29.1 billion before sanctions hit, Forbes reported.
Mordashov’s 215 ft yacht the “Lady M” was worth about $65 million while Timchenko’s boat Lena carried a price tag of about $60 million, a police source said.
Timchenko made a fortune in oil trading. Putin’s called him a close associate.
Soloviev was reportedly unhappy when he found out last month that he risked losing his Italian villa.
“Suddenly someone makes a decision that this journalist is now on the list of sanctions. And right away it affects your real estate. Wait a minute. But you told us that Europe has sacred property rights,” he was quoted saying by The Daily Beast.