Updated episode of "Capture an oligarch's yacht and villa"...

[mysteryowl]

Italy seizes yachts and villas from Russian oligarchs, say state sources.

Italian police have seized villas and yachts worth at least €140m (£126m) from four high-profile Russians who were placed on an EU sanctions list after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, sources said on Saturday.

A police source said a villa owned by the billionaire businessman Alisher Usmanov on Sardinia, and a villa on Lake Como owned by the Russian state TV host Vladimir Soloviev, had both been seized.
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Russian oligarchs are believed to have bought numerous villas in desirable Italian locations over the past 20 years and sources said more assets were expected to be seized in the coming days as western states implement sanctions to try to force Russia to withdraw from Ukraine.

Italian banks were instructed by the Bank of Italy’s financial intelligence division on Friday to urgently let it know of all measures taken to freeze the assets of people and entities placed on the EU list.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/mar/05/italy-seizes-yachts-and-villas-from-russian-oligarchs-say-state-sources-ukraine-invasion-sanctions

News flash oligarchs: most people on the planet do just fine without such things.

[Leghorn21]

1. During a march against putin in Moscow, 2017 or so, a gorgeous young boy on a

little bicycle held a hand-made sign,

"Dear Oligarch,

Sell a villa

Build a road"

Hope he's doing fine wherever he is, that's a brave little boy there