Russian businessman and founder of USM Holdings Alisher Usmanov attends a session during the Week of Russian Business, organized by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), in Moscow, Russia March 16, 2017.
REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBERLIN, Oct 5 (Reuters) - German police and customs officers on Thursday searched several properties in southern Germany belonging to a Russian national in relation to assets frozen under European Union sanctions, customs officials said.
A source familiar with the matter told Reuters that Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov was the target of the operation.
A special commission dubbed "Matryoshka", set up by the German customs authority's sanctions office, said in a statement that officers searched properties in greater Munich and Tegernsee in Bavaria.
The German customs authority's special commission said it was acting on court search warrants.
Persons:
Usmanov, Sergei Karpukhin, Miranda Murray, Joern Poltz, Rachel More, Friederike Heine, Bernadette Baum
Organizations:
USM Holdings, Russian, Industrialists, Entrepreneurs, REUTERS, Rights, Union, Reuters, Usmanov, Thomson
Locations:
Russian Union, Moscow, Russia, Germany, Russian, Uzbek, Ukraine, Munich, Tegernsee, Bavaria, Rottach