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From billion-dollar yachts to diamond watches and rare art, explore 15 of the most expensive things ever purchased by the world’s wealthiest people

In 2017, the portrait, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, sold for a record £360m and vanished. Now, it is claimed, it will reappear as the star exhibit in a Saudi branch of the Louvre

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Sotheby's is defending itself at a federal court trial against accusations that it participated in the defrauding of a Russian oligarch out of tens of millions of dollars for works by famed artists like Amedeo Modigliani and Leonardo da Vinci

Russian oligarch to claim British auction house inflated estimated value of artworks he was interested in buying

Corruption agency hopes portal will ‘make it difficult for Russian oligarchs to sell such assets’

The Ukrainian World Congress urged the organisation to be ‘vigilant’ against ‘any attempts to influence Hollywood and American society’.

LOS ANGELES — A global Ukrainian group is protesting the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ nomination of “Top Gun: Maverick” for multiple Oscars, including best picture, citing its concerns over the film’s alleged ties to a Russian oligarch sanctioned by Ukraine.

NEW YORK — Sotheby’s won dismissal of most claims by a Russian billionaire who accused the auction house of helping to defraud him in the purchase of a world-class art collection featuring works by Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin and Henri Matisse.