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Italy court refers case on unfreezing of Russian billionaire's assets to EU

FILE PHOTO: Metalloinvest's founder Alisher Usmanov attends a session during the Week of Russian Business, organized by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), in Moscow, March 19, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

An Italian court has referred to the EU Court of Justice a decision on whether to maintain the freeze on billionaire Alisher Usmanov's assets worth more than 80 million euros ($88.18 million), according to a ruling.

As part of a Western drive against wealthy Russians after the Ukraine invasion, Italian police seized a villa on the island of Sardinia along with six firms holding properties and luxury cars of the Uzbekistan-born metals and telecoms tycoon.

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