The security service, together with detectives from the Bureau of Economic Security, discovered underground warehouses in Russia, where more than 160 thousand. tons of Ukrainian iron ore stored in the territory of several Ukrainian seaports. This was reported by the press service of the SBU.

Investigators have established that the seized minerals worth almost UAH 2 billion belonged to the company of a Russian oligarch, a close associate of the Kremlin's top military and political leadership, Alisher Usmanov..

It is noted that representatives of the aggressor country tried to illegally transport the hidden raw materials by sea to the territory of Russia.. Seized property seized.

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After February 24 this year, sanctions were imposed on Alisher Usmanov by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, the United States and the European Union. Hungary insisted on the lifting of restrictive measures against three Russian oligarchs and threatened to block the process of extending other EU sanctions packages against Russia. In particular, the Orban government wanted to remove Alisher Usmanov, Petr Aven and Viktor Rashnikov from restrictions..