Vessel owned by Russian businessman is first to be detained in UK under Ukraine war sanctions

A superyacht has been detained in London as part of sanctions against Russia, the UK transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has announced.

Officials boarded Phi, owned by a Russian businessman, in Canary Wharf, east London, on Tuesday. The vessel is the first to be detained in the UK under sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine.

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