Italy seizes properties belonging to Russian racer Mazepin

Baku, April 12, AZERTAC

Italy has seized properties worth some 105 million euros owned by Russian former Formula One driver Nikita Dmitrievich Mazepin and his oligarch father, two police sources told Reuters on Monday.

The operation targeted a villa - known as Rocky Ram - located in the north of the island of Sardinia. There was no immediate comment from Mazepin's PR manager.

Mazepin - who was fired in March by U.S.- owned F1 team Haas - has been included in an EU sanctions list along with his father Dmitry.

Over the last weeks, Italian police have sequestered villas and yachts worth over 900 million euros from wealthy Russians who were placed on a European Union sanctions lists following the Ukraine conflict.