VIKTOR VEKSELBERG

The U.S. has begun an aggressive new push to inflict pain on Russia’s economy and especially its oligarchs with the intent of thwarting the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Its posture of neutrality on the war in Ukraine is wearing thin, and a naval drill with Russia is the last straw.

The Justice Department says two businessman have been charged with trying to conceal a sanctioned Russian oligarch’s ownership of a luxury yacht seized in Spain last year by the U.S. government.

Two businessmen have been charged with trying to conceal a sanctioned Russian oligarch's ownership of a luxury yacht seized in Spain last year by the U.S. government, the Justice Department said Friday. An arrest warrant has been issued for Vladislav Osipov, a dual Russian and Swiss national who the Justice Department says was an employee of Viktor Vekselberg, a billionaire Russian oligarch and ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin. Another defendant, Richard Masters, was arrested by Spain at the request of U.S. authorities.

The United States requested that the Kingdom of Spain provisionally arrest Masters for purposes of extradition. We thank our international partners who helped facilitate the arrest of Richard Masters in Spain earlier today." After Vekselberg was sanctioned in April 2018, Masters’s company took over the management of Tango, and conspired with others to evade the U.S. sanctions. On April 4, 2022, Spanish law enforcement executed a Spanish court order freezing Tango. The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs provided significant assistance in working with the Spanish authorities throughout this matter.

The embattled New York congressman has come under scrutiny for reportedly lying about his multiple parts of biography.

FBI agents simultaneously searched three properties Thursday linked to billionaire Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, whose $120 million yacht was seized in April.

U.S. federal agents have simultaneously searched three properties linked to a billionaire Russian oligarch whose $120 million yacht was seized in April.

U.S. authorities say a superyacht owned by a Russian oligarch previously sanctioned for alleged money laundering has been seized by law enforcement in Fiji.

The Justice Department has charged a Russian oligarch with sanctions violations and has taken down a cybercrime operation controlled by a Russian military intelligence agency.

Augusta National is the home of the Masters Tournament and Amen Corner, considered hallowed grounds in the golf world.

"Today marks our taskforce's first seizure of an asset belonging to a sanctioned individual with close ties to the Russian regime. It will not be the last," said Attorney General Merrick Garland.

The yacht is among the assets linked to Viktor Vekselberg, a billionaire and close Putin ally who heads the Moscow-based Renova Group.

U.S. authorities accused Viktor Vekselberg of conspiring to commit bank fraud and money laundering in order to obscure ownership of his massive yacht.

The superyacht is owned by Viktor Vekselberg, an oligarch close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as Washington seeks to punish Kremlin supporters for the invasion of Ukraine,

It would be the first such seizure by U.S. authorities since Ukraine war-linked sanctions were imposed on the Kremlin.

U.S. federal agents and Spain’s Civil Guard are searching a yacht owned by a Russian oligarch on Monday in Spain’s Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea

The U.S. government has seized a 254-foot yacht in Spain owned by an oligarch with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

LVIV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian government official says Russian warships fired missiles and artillery at the Ukrainian sea coast to the south of Odesa around midnight.

Israel is grappling with how to deal with dozens of Jewish Russian oligarchs as Western nations step up sanctions on businesspeople with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

New York Mayor Eric Adams has appointed to a top city job an executive with ties to the Trump Organization and Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg.