French courts have seized assets worth over 70 million euros ($76 million) belonging to two businessmen of Russian origin as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering, sources close to the case reported.
Following an investigation launched in March, the courts sanctioned the seizure of real estate on the French Riviera, including villas in Saint-Raphaël and Grimaud. The investigation revealed strong suspicions of concealing the origin of funds used to purchase these properties.
According to sources, the seized property belongs to businessmen Ruslan Goryukhin and Mikhail Opengheim. Both hold Cypriot passports.
France has already frozen Russian assets worth billions of euros since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
