The Spanish police together with the FBI searched a yacht belonging to the Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, moored in the port of Palma de Mallorca, the capital of the Spanish Balearic Islands. It is reported by Associated Press with reference to American officials.
According to sources, the Tango yacht is a 78-meter vessel running under the flag of Cook Islands. In this connection, the search is carried out, it is not reported.
In the framework of the sanctions imposed in connection with the war in Ukraine, the US authorities intend to block the assets of Weeklyberg, including the Tango yacht and Airbus A319 aircraft. Billionaire Victor Vekselberg is considered to be a person from the nearest environment of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. In the American sanction bills, it was included in 2018 in connection with the estimated involvement in the intervention of Russia in the US elections.