Axioma, which had been owned by Dmitry Pumpyansky, auctioned after being impounded in Gibraltar

A luxury superyacht taken from a sanctioned Russian oligarch has been sold to an undisclosed buyer for $37.5m (£35m) in the first sale of its kind since Russia invaded Ukraine.

The 72.5-metre Axioma was seized from the steel billionaire Dmitry Pumpyansky in March following sanctions by the UK, EU and the US.

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