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Russian oligarch with ties to Vladimir Putin has his huge £75m superyacht seized by FBI

Owned by Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, the 255-foot-long 'Tango' sails under a Cook Islands flag and is registered to a company based in the British Virgin Islands

Daily Mirror

€90m superyacht linked to Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg seized by US and Spain

The 78-metre long vessel was seized by the FBI and Spain’s Civil Guard

Evening Standard

Spain, FBI seize Russian billionaire's $99 million yacht

A yacht belonging to Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg was confiscated in Spain at the request of the U.S. government, which said it was the first — but definitely not the last --- asset seizure targeting individuals close to Vladimir Putin.

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US seizes yacht docked in Spain and owned by Russian oligarch

US says Viktor Vekselberg, a billionaire and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, owns mega-yacht Tango.

Al Jazeera

U.S. seizes Russian oligarch's $90 million yacht in Spain

It's owner, a Russian oligarch and Putin ally, has been sanctioned by the Department of Treasury since at least 2018.

Axios

Spanish police and FBI seize superyacht in Mallorca linked to Putin ally

The £70m vessel is linked to the Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, who has been sanctioned by the UK and USRussia-Ukraine war – latest updates

The Guardian - UK

US seizes its first oligarch mega-yacht in Putin crackdown

US federal agents and Spain’s Civil Guard are searching the yacht owned by a Russian oligarch

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Police, US agents searching oligarch's yacht in Spain

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 Independent UK

Russia’s murderous regime is propped up by oil and gas – Australia and the world must switch

The atrocities against Ukraine have to be stopped. Dismantling and replacing the fossil fuel system that funds the war is a good place to start

The Guardian - AU

Russian share market reopens after month-long closure, ASX at two month high

The Russian stock market surges after being closed for a month, and the ASX climbs on higher iron ore prices and a rise on Wall Street.

ABC News

What do sanctions against Russian oligarchs mean for Gladstone's alumina refinery?

The federal government has imposed sanctions on Russian oligarchs with links to a central Queensland business, but what does it mean for the hundreds of workers onsite?

ABC News

Australian sanctions against Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg unlikely to affect Beetaloo Basin gas exploration, says Origin Energy

The Australian government's decision to sanction a Russian billionaire has revealed an unexpected link between the war in Ukraine and the remote Northern Territory.

ABC News

Australia sanctions Russian billionaires with mining industry links

Australia imposed sanctions on Friday on two Russian oligarchs with links to its mining industry, one of them a billionaire with an investment connection to Rio Tinto's Gladstone alumina refinery joint venture.

Reuters

Australian government extends sanctions to Russian oligarchs Oleg Deripaska and Viktor Vekselberg

The two men have stakes in Australian resource projects and had been omitted from an earlier list of targeted individuals

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The New Daily

Government sanctions oversight protecting oligarchs’ Queensland interests

Russian mineral magnates Oleg Deripaska and Viktor Vekselberg have been conspicuously absent from Australia’s sanctions regime.

The Guardian - AU

Putin-linked Russian oligarchs with Australian assets escape Morrison government sanctions

Transparency advocates ‘can’t make sense’ of decision to exclude resource industry figures from sanctions

The Guardian - UK

Tate galleries cut ties with sanctioned billionaires after Ukraine invasion

Group severs relations with donors and supporters who were sanctioned by US and EU

The Guardian - UK

Russia threatens to pay external debt in roubles; Ukraine’s GDP ‘could shrink 35%’; UK petrol to surge – as it happened

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The Independent UK

US Treasury imposes new sanctions on Russia including family of Putin’s spokesman

Viktor Vekselberg’s private jet and yacht branded ‘blocked property’ by White House

Reuters

U.S. imposes new sanctions on Russian billionaire, Putin spokesman's family

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, three family members of President Vladimir Putin's spokesperson and lawmakers in the latest punishment for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The New Daily

Australian companies are divesting from Russia, but some links to oligarchs remain

Ethical investors are calling on Rio Tinto, Origin Energy and other entities to join the list of Australian comnpanies divesting from Russia.

The Guardian - AU

NSW death toll rises to five; more ‘high impact’ storms forecast for Queensland – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Tate faces call to cut ties with Russian oligarch and Putin associate

Labour MP calls for donor Viktor Vekselberg to lose Tate Foundation honorary member status

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