<b>Live updates: follow the latest news on </b><a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/02/18/russia-ukraine-latest-news/"><b>Russia-Ukraine</b></a> US authorities on Monday moved to seize a $60 million Gulfstream and a $350m plane believed to be one of the world’s most expensive after linking both to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. A federal judge signed a warrant authorising seizure of the Gulfstream and a Boeing Dreamliner jet that authorities said was worth less than $100m before a lavish customisation. The US recently <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2022/06/02/us-hits-russian-yachts-and-cellist-in-latest-sanctions/" target="_blank">announced new sanctions and penalties</a> on Russian oligarchs and elites, Kremlin officials and businessmen linked to President Vladimir Putin, and their yachts, aircraft and companies that manage them. US President Joe Biden promised after Russia's February 24 invasion of <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a> to pursue Russian elites' “ill-gotten gains”. Mr Abramovich, who <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/football/2022/05/28/honour-of-a-lifetime-roman-abramovich-prepares-to-hand-over-chelsea/" target="_blank">recently sold his stake in Chelsea FC</a>, a Premier League football club in London, is among the wealthier Russians whose assets are being watched for sanctions breaches. An FBI agent wrote in an affidavit that the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner and the Gulfstream G650ER were subject to seizure because they were moved between March 4 and March 15 without licences, in breach of sanctions against Russia.
