A $700m superyacht said to be owned by Vladimir Putin has been seized by Italian authorities
In a statement on Friday night, Italy's finance ministry said that the boat's owner had ties to "prominent elements of the Russian government".
Italy's financial police patrol boat is seen in front of the multi-million-dollar mega yacht Scheherazade, docked at the Tuscan port of Marina di Carrara, Tuscany.The statement did not name the owner of the vessel, but said the ministry had asked the EU to place the individual on to the sanctions list. The yacht has been blocked pending the adoption of further restrictive measures.
Investigative journalists and supporters of the imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have also linked the vessel to President Putin.
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