russian oligarchs

The seizure of the superyacht Amadea by U.S. authorities is the latest action targeting Russian oligarchs over their country’s invasion of Ukraine.

A question remains over which of two Russian oligarchs really owns the Amadea, with only one of them facing sanctions.

The Dutch government says it is making sure a dozen yachts ordered by super-wealthy Russians are not delivered to anyone as part of sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine

The DOJ alleges in a warrant the yacht should be forfeited because billionaire Viktor Vekselberg violated U.S. bank fraud, money laundering and sanctions statutes.

Merrick Garland spoke after authorities seized a yacht from a Russian oligarch in Spain.

Roman Abramovich, the highest profile oligarch in the West, has been sanctioned by the U.K., European Union and Canada. But questions have swirled around why the U.S. has been slow to act.

The Biden administration’s new task force targeting Russian oligarchs will go after those “who have assisted the regime responsible for the invasion of Ukraine” — meaning not just the elites, but also those within their sphere, a senior Justice Department official said Friday.

President Joe Biden has warned Kremlin-aligned oligarchs that the U.S. and its European allies are coming for their superyachts

U.S. prosecutors say a former CNBC and Fox News employee has been arrested in London for his work as a television producer for a Russian media baron tied to aggression in Ukraine

Russian oligarchs are connected to many properties in New York, including a posh townhouse in the West Village — but seizing that property is not simple, as the NBC New York I-Team found that Russian real estate is often hiding behind webs of shell companies

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday that new sanctions directed at oligarchs are being used to add strategic pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We want him to feel the squeeze, we want the people around him to feel the squeeze. I don’t believe this will be the last set of oligarchs [to be targeted].”

The Biden administration is ordering new sanctions against Russian oligarchs and others in President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle as Russian forces pummel Ukraine

A University of Central Florida student originally built a bot to track Elon Musk’s private jet. The 19-year-old is now applying that same algorithm to Russian oligarchs.

The 19-year-old Florida college student who tracks Elon Musk’s private jet on Twitter is now keeping tabs on the private planes of several Russian oligarchs and elites.