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France seizes luxury yacht of Russian energy boss and Putin confidant Sechin

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with the Russian CEO of Rosneft oil company Igor Sechin near Moscow on May 12, 2020. © Alexei Druzhinin, AP (file photo)

The French government on Thursday said it had seized a superyacht owned by a company linked to Igor Sechin, chief executive of Russian energy giant Rosneft and close confidant of President Vladimir Putin.

The vessel, Amore Vero, was seized at a shipyard at La Ciotat, near Marseille, the finance ministry said.

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