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Benjamin Cooper

Briton arrested in Spain for allegedly helping oligarch evade sanctions

A British man has been arrested in Spain for extradition to the US for alleged helping an oligarch, Viktor Vekselberg, shown, with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin to evade sanctions (Dmitri Lovetsky/AP) (Picture: AP)

A British man has been arrested in Spain for extradition to the US for allegedly helping an oligarch with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin evade sanctions.

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said in a statement that Richard Masters, 52, was arrested by the Spanish Guardia Civil last Friday, though his Russian-Swiss co-accused Vladislav Osipov remains at large.

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