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Evening Standard
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Ella Jessel

Roman Abramovich’s superyachts are on the move as vessels owned by Russian elite sail away from sanctions

A high-stakes game of cat and mouse is playing out in the high-seas as yachts owned by sanctioned Russian billionaires try to evade seizure.

Under severe sanctions announced by the US and Europe, members of the Russian elite who have “aided Putin” in his invasion of Ukraine have been warned they will have “assets frozen and property blocked from use”.

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