Putin's son was arrested in Norway - the media

Yakunin's detention happened on Monday, October 17. The next day, the judge decided to imprison the man for two weeks at the request of the police. "This person has Russian and British citizenship and is accused of violating the law on the launch of a drone in the Norwegian territory in Svalbard," - said in the Prosecutor's Office of Norway.

In the course of the court hearing, Yakunin stated that he should be considered a citizen of Great Britain and he permanently resides not in the Russian Federation, but in Italy. A Russian passport was found on board the Firebird Yacht. Investigators seized the drone and study the records made by the device.

The publication notes that the accused himself got to the headlines of the media early this year, when he publicly condemned the invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, adding that he had never voted for Putin. The publication also states that citizens of the Russian Federation in connection with sanctions are not allowed to fly in the airspace of Norway, in particular on the island of Svalbard and in the maritime territory for 12 sea miles from land.

It should be noted that the journalists of the publication did not specify the name of the accused, but Andrei Yakunin himself publicly stated that the yacht Firebird belonged to him. The information that the son of the exclusive of the RH was arrested was reported by the AFP agency. The arrest of Andrei Yakunin occurred only a few days after six more Russian citizens were arrested for shooting with a drone: four in Mureen, one in Tromis and one in Kirkenes.

According to journalists, Andrei Yakunin received a nationality of UK in 2015, and he also owns two estates in Britain. The media reported that Yakunin Jr. owns a golf club and a castle in the Italian province of Perugia. Journalists estimated Andrei Yakunin's wealth in 2020 at 20. 4 billion rubles (approximately UAH 12 billion). His assets are connected primarily with RH, said Russian opposition Alexei Navalny.

After the start of a full -scale war in Ukraine and the introduction of Vladimir Yakunin's father, Andrey Yakunin, in an interview, condemned the Kremlin's actions in an interview and said that he had "never voted for Putin and his party.

" We will remind, recently the media reported that Russian oligarchs who are abroad, which have fallen under the sanctions of the event after the start of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, regularly receive calls from the administration of the President of Russia demanding to return to their homeland.