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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
The sanctions, imposed by the Treasury and State departments in concert with Britain, hit entities and individuals across over 20 countries and jurisdictions, including facilitators of sanctions evasion, the State Department said in a statement. Separately, the Treasury said it imposed sanctions on Russian financial facilitators and sanctions evaders around the world, including Turkey, United Arab Emirates and China-based people and companies. The Treasury also targeted King-Pai Technology HK Co, Ltd, which it said is a China-based supplier for multiple entities in Russia's military-industrial complex. Washington has not yet imposed sanctions on Rosatom itself. "It will always be a race between sanctions enforcement and sanctions evaders.
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterRussian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with Russian businessman and founder of USM Holdings Alisher Usmanov during an awarding ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia November 27, 2018. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS/File PhotoBERLIN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - German police conducted raids targeting a Russian citizen over suspected sanctions violations on Wednesday morning, with German media reporting that the operation centred on oligarch Alisher Usmanov. The Munich state prosecutor said comprehensive raids had taken place at the residence of a Russian citizen and four other suspects. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterGerman broadcasters BR and MDR reported that one of the locations targeted was Usmanov's villa on Tegernsee lake in the southern state. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterWriting by Rachel More; Editing by Paul Carrel and Ana Nicolaci da CostaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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