The villa of former Russian minister and banker Pyotr Aven has been arrested.
The Italian Financial Guard (Guardia di Finanza) on Wednesday, March 16, seized a residential complex on the island of Sardinia, owned by former Russian minister and banker Petr Aven, which is under European Union sanctions due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
It is reported edition of La Repubblica.
The businessman appears on the list of billionaires most associated with Russian President Vladimir Putin and regularly met with him in the Kremlin.
67-year-old Pyotr Aven due to recently imposed sanctions resigned as chairman of the board of directors of Alfa-Bank, Russia's largest commercial bank. Previously, he was Minister of International Economics in the government of President Boris Yeltsin.
According to Forbes magazine, the oligarch has a fortune of more than $5 billion and is ranked 529th among the richest people in the world.
The Maureeena real estate complex, which has been seized, is worth about 4 million euros. This is the oldest villa in the small village of Porto Rafael.
It is known that near this estate in 2015, the wife of a billionaire died suddenly – she had a heart attack on a yacht.
Recall, earlier In Italy, the yachts of Russian businessmen Alexei Mordashov and Gennady Timchenko were confiscated. The yacht “Lady M” was detained in the port of the city of Imperia, and the ship “Lena” – in San Remo. The process took place in the presence of the lawyers of their owners.
