La Reppublica узнала об аресте «яхт Мордашова и Тимченко» в Италии

Italian authorities have confiscated two yachts belonging to Severstal CEO Alexei Mordashov and businessman Gennady Timchenko, La Reppublica reports. Earlier, both billionaires came under EU sanctions imposed due to Russia's military operation in Ukraine.

The yacht owned by Mordashov is called Lady M and was moored in the city of Imperia. According to the newspaper, the vessel is 65 meters long and was launched in 2013 at the American shipyard Palmer Johnson.

Timchenko's yacht was in the port of San Remo, the newspaper said. it is called Lena and is 40 meters long, according to La Reppublica.

In addition, in Tuscany, the Lazzareschi villa, which belongs, according to the newspaper, to the State Duma deputy from United RUSSIA, Oleg Savchenko, was arrested. He was placed on the EU sanctions list in February when the union imposed sanctions on 351 deputies who voted in support of an appeal to President Vladimir Putin to recognize the independence of the DNR and LNR. The list of the European Union explains that in this way it “supported and set in motion decisions that violated the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.”