Investigations in Germany
:
Raid on the oligarch
Reading time: 8 mins
Open detailed view
“Kremlin-friendly oligarch”: The EU has put the Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov on its sanctions list.
(Photo: imago sportfotodienst/imago/ITAR-TASS)
Three villas on Lake Tegernsee, a Maybach, a yacht – the Russian entrepreneur Alischer Usmanow, who is close to Putin, has made himself at home in Germany. Officials are searching his property this Wednesday. Her suspicion: money laundering and tax evasion in the millions.
By George Mascolo
Klaus Ott and Jörg Schmitt, Munich
Attentive residents of the idyllic Tegernsee began to ponder on this summer’s day. At first only a faint hum could be heard, as if a swarm of bees were spreading over the roofs of the lakeside villas on Fischerstrasse in Rottach-Egern. But then the buzzing got louder and louder – and then you could suddenly see the drone hovering over the house number 12.
SZ Plus subscribers also read:
partnership
stranger crush
eating disorder
Starved
war in Ukraine
“There are zero arguments why arms should not be supplied to Ukraine”
Continuing education
How to learn programming
Andrea Sawatzki
“You’re stranded at the peak of your career”