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In Spain, the alleged assistant Viktor Vekselberg was arrested in Spain
Spanish police on Wednesday arrested British citizen Richard Masters. It is assumed that he was engaged in the affairs of the Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg in order to bring his superfort to his sanctions. He is also accused of laundering money.
The case against Master was opened by the US Department of Justice; The operation to detain him at Madrid Airport was carried out by the Spanish police together with the FBI and the American Ministry of Internal Security.
Richard Masters owns a majority company on Mallorca yachts. Among his customers, according to the police, there was also a “citizen of Russia who is prohibited by operations in the US market and with American companies,” it is allegedly about Victor Vekselberg. The company was also engaged in the yacht of the Tango Wexelberg, which in April 2022 was arrested by the Spanish authorities at the request of the United States because of the sanctions imposed on the oligarch. The US Ministry of Justice believes that after the arrest of arrest, the Masters company renamed the yacht from the Tango to Fantu to bring it out of the sanctions, and washed about 800 thousand euros for its maintenance.
The US authorities will require Masters's extradition, but so far there is no agreement on this.
In the same case, another alleged accomplice is taking place - Russian businessman Vladislav Osipov. He has not yet been detained.
- The tango yacht is 78 meters long and at least $ 90 million was built in 2011 in the Netherlands. On a yacht, cabins of a luxury class for 14 guests, a massage salon and a cinema.
- Victor Vekselberg is one of the richest oligarchs in Russia, Forbes estimates his fortune of $ 5.5 billion. It is considered one of the approximate President of Russia Vladimir Putin. Vekselberg has been under US sanctions since 2018. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States and Great Britain introduced additional restrictions against it - including the arrest of its property, including the yacht.