Alisher Usmanov

Cyprus' government said Thursday it's looking into how a number of Cypriot nationals were included in a new round of US and UK sanctions targeting the financial networks of Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Roman Abramovich who are close allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The world's sixth longest yacht, Dilbar, which means "Beautiful girl" in the Uzbek language, has passed through the Istanbul Strait and set sail across the Black Sea on July 25.

The residents of the city witnessing the passing of the megayacht took photos of Dilbar from the shore.

Uzbek-born Russian business magnate Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov has paid a small fortune to fill his superyacht up at a Turkish port. Click through for the story in photos...

A total of 114 Russian politicians and high-ranking civil servants, as well as 96 oligarchs, have entered the list of people about whom it is believed that their power or wealth is related to President Vladimir Putin.

World's richest Russian Alisher Usmanov might visit Bulgaria's city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria's Fencing Federation announced.

The Federation's chief, Velichka Hristeva was quoted by Dariknews.bg as saying that Usmanov "might come to Plovdiv" to attend World's Cadet and Junior Fencing Championship due to take place between April 3 and April 12.