Russian citizens raced to purchase luxury goods after most high-end brands announced they’d pause business in the country, and the Russian government has done its own sweep of a different sort.
Millions of dollars worth of Audemars Piguet watches were seized by the FSB, Russia’s security service, in an apparent retaliation to Swiss sanctions. According to Bloomberg, citing the Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag, the timepieces were taken last week from Audemars Piguet’s premises in Moscow.
