Luxury confiscated – multi-billion dollar Russian thriller: Soko takes stock

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The Soko oligarchs’ previous record on sanctions is impressive: the assets of nearly 40 wealthy Putin friends are frozen in Austria!

From the end of February, the West responded to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine with sanctions. In addition to the economic embargo, there is also a ‘punishment list’ of people close to Putin, which has grown to some 1,200 people.

Bitcoins, bank accounts, luxury cars
In Austria, the Soko is investigating oligarchs, consisting of five ministries, our secret police service, the Directorate for State Security and Intelligence and the Federal Criminal Police Office. And the record reads like a thriller so far. The state confiscation list of nearly 40 wealthy Putin friends ranges from Bitcoins to bank accounts and luxury cars to various properties worth tens of millions.

In total, assets of more than 1.5 billion euros were frozen or subject to a sales ban. Ten billion euros were seized throughout Europe and transactions of more than 196 billion (!) were blocked.

Number 455 on the sanctioned list, Andrej Yurievich Gorokov, can no longer “live more beautiful” on Lake Wörther and in Vienna’s chic Döbling district. Because his Carinthian apartment and the 350 square meter villa have been confiscated…

Source: Krone

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