Hundreds of police officers have raided two dozen properties across Germany believed to be linked to Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, an ally of President Vladimir Putin.
The searches were undertaken in connection with alleged breaches of sanctions and money-laundering rules, officials said.
State and federal police were searching 24 properties in Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, prosecutors in Frankfurt and Munich said in separate statements.
