The operation targeted a villa – known as Rocky Rama – located in the north of the island of Sardinia. It is part of a broader effort aimed at punishing wealthy Russians linked to President Vladimir Putin after Moscow invaded Ukraine.
see photosRussian racing driver Nikita Mazepin along with his father Dmitry are on the EU sanctions list
Italy has seized nearly 105 million euros ($114.45 million) in assets owned by Russian former Formula One driver Nikita Dmitrievich Mazepin and his aristocratic father, two police sources told Reuters on Monday. The operation targeted a villa – known as Rocky Rama – located in the north of the island of Sardinia. It is part of a broader effort aimed at punishing wealthy Russians linked to President Vladimir Putin after Moscow’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine.
There was no immediate comment from Mazepin’s PR manager.
Mazepin – who was fired by US-owned F1 team Haas in March – has been added to the EU sanctions list along with his father, Dmitry, who has been named by the EU’s official magazine as the closest circle to President Vladimir Putin. described as a member.
In the past weeks, Italian police have seized villas and yachts worth more than 900 million euros from wealthy Russians who were placed on an EU sanctions list following the Ukraine conflict.
The most valuable asset seized so far is a superyacht owned by billionaire Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko, valued at around 530 million euros, which was planted in the northern port of Trieste.
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