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  1. Here are the superyachts seized from Russian oligarchs

    The yacht Lena, belonging to Gennady Timchenko, an oligarch close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the port of San Remo on the Italian Riviera on March 5. Andrea Bernardi / AFP - Getty Images

  2. Here Are the Megayachts Belonging to Russian Oligarchs

    The yacht "Lady M", owned by Russian oligarch Alexei Mordashov. ANDREA BERNARDI/AFP via Getty Images. Italian authorities also seized a $71 million super-yacht belonging to one of the wealthiest ...

  3. List of Russian Oligarchs' yachts, homes and assets being seized

    The 511-foot "Dilbar" yacht in Weymouth Bay, UK, in June 2020. Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images. Germany has impounded the "Dilbar," a superyacht connected to a Russian oligarch in Hamburg ...

  4. Every Russian Oligarch Yacht Seized So Far—In Pictures

    Lady Anastasia, reportedly owned by Russian oligarch Alexander Mikheyev, was detained by Spanish authorities in Mallorca on Tuesday, March 15. The 48-meter long yacht, which sails under a Saint ...

  5. Inside the capture of a Russian oligarch's superyacht

    The lawyer argued there was no evidence the yacht represented the proceeds of crime, and claimed it actually belonged to a different billionaire Russian oligarch. Eduard Khuadainatov is the former ...

  6. Where yachts owned by Russian oligarchs are right now

    Several yachts connected to Russian oligarchs have arrived in recent weeks in the Maldives, an Indian Ocean archipelago nation. They include the Clio, reportedly owned by oligarch Oleg Deripaska ...

  7. The hunt for superyachts of sanctioned Russian oligarchs

    The hunt for superyachts of sanctioned Russian oligarchs. A superyacht linked to Roman Abramovich has had to leave a port in Turkey, as Western powers ramp up pressure on Russian oligarchs. The MY ...

  8. Here's what happens to Russian oligarch yachts after they're seized

    To actually seize and take ownership of an oligarch's yacht or villa, government prosecutors have to prove the property was part of a crime. Under U.S. civil forfeiture law, an asset "used to ...

  9. Superyacht seized by U.S. from Russian billionaire arrives in San Diego

    Russian superyacht seized by the U.S. arrives in Honolulu 00:20. A $325 million superyacht seized by the United States from a sanctioned Russian oligarch arrived in San Diego Bay on Monday.

  10. What happened to Russia's seized superyachts?

    Sabotage is also a risk. Lady Anastasia, a yacht seized in Mallorca and owned by the CEO of the Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport Alexander Mikheev, in February 2022 was almost destroyed by a ...

  11. Here are the Russian oligarch yachts being seized as sanctions take effect

    Russian oligarchs are seeing their yachts seized by European authorities as sanctions begin to target them.

  12. Trying to sell Russian oligarch's seized luxury assets is running ...

    NIKOLADZE: Whenever there is a case against a Russian oligarch, there is a close associate or a family member who comes forward and claims that the yacht actually belongs to them.

  13. The U.S. seized Russian oligarchs' superyachts. Now, American ...

    The U.S. seized Russian oligarchs' superyachts. Now, American taxpayers pay the price Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Stephanie Baker, senior writer at Bloomberg News, about the complications involved ...

  14. U.S. seizes mega yacht owned by oligarch with close ties to Putin

    By The Associated Press. PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain — The U.S. government seized a mega yacht in Spain owned by an oligarch with close ties to the Russian president on Monday, the first in the ...

  15. Inside The 150 Frozen Homes, Yachts And Jets Of Sanctioned Russian

    As of April 2023, Forbes estimates that Western countries have frozen or seized at least 15 billionaire-owned yachts, 11 jets and helicopters and 124 homes worth a total of $9 billion. That's ...

  16. US seizes yacht owned by oligarch with close ties to Putin

    U.S. federal agents and Spain's Civil Guard are searching the yacht owned by a Russian oligarch. The yacht is among the assets linked to Viktor Vekselberg, a billionaire and close ally with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, who heads the Moscow-based Renova Group, a conglomerate encompassing metals, mining, tech and other assets, according ...

  17. Russian oligarch's super yacht seized

    French authorities have seized a super yacht owned by an oligarch as part of the sanctions against Russia. A yacht owned by Igor Sechin, boss of Russian state energy company Rosneft, was grabbed ...

  18. West hits Russian oligarchs where it hurts

    The EU's sanctions on Russian oligarchs on Wednesday led to Germany's freezing of a yacht owned by Alisher Usmanov, one of the wealthiest Russians, according to a Forbes report. According to ...

  19. Russian oligarch's seized yacht costs $7 million a year to maintain, US

    Item 1 of 2 Part of a Hawaii themed cruise ship is seen near the Russian-owned super yacht Amadea, which was seized in Fiji by American law enforcement, while it is docked in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S ...

  20. Russian oligarchs moving yachts as U.S. tracks down assets

    Russian oligarchs move to preserve financial assets 02:21. Yachts owned by Russian billionaires are on the move as the U.S. and its allies seek to hunt down the assets of Russia's wealthiest in ...

  21. US alleges sanctioned Russian oligarch's niece made payments for his

    U.S. authorities claim to be one step closer to proving a seized $300 million mega yacht is owned by sanctioned Russian Suleiman Kerimov, according to new court filings that detail alleged payments for the boat from the oligarch's niece. The yacht, a 348-foot luxury vessel known as Amadea, was seized in Fiji in 2022 by local officials at the ...

  22. Yuri Kozyrev: 15 Years of Chechnya's Troubled History

    The first one, fought between 1994 and 1996, had resulted in a humiliating defeat for Russia. But the carnage was far worse when the conflict resumed under Putin in 1999. Arriving in Chechnya that ...

  23. Russia's wars in Chechnya offer a grim warning of what could be in

    Russia unleashes a heavy bombing campaign. Cities are reduced to rubble. Thousands of civilians are killed. Russia did that twice in Chechnya in the 1990s. Is a repeat likely in Ukraine today?

  24. Understanding the Chechen conflict: Research and reading list

    News that the primary suspects in the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings are of Chechen heritage resurrected interest in historically troubled Chechnya, an autonomous republic in Russia's North Caucasus Region. Suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev's motive has yet to be confirmed, but questions abound about what role the ongoing violence between Russia and Chechen separatists might have ...

  25. Chechen-Russian conflict

    The Chechen-Russian conflict (Russian: Чеченский конфликт, romanized: Chechensky konflikt; Chechen: Нохчийн-Оьрсийн дов, romanized: Noxçiyn-Örsiyn dov) was the centuries-long ethnic and political conflict, often armed, between the Russian, Soviet and Imperial Russian governments and various Chechen forces. The recent phase of the conflict started after the ...