Sanctioned Russian yachts continue to be confiscated around the world, the media learned how the oligarchs are trying to avoid this fate
Vladimir Putin (right). Photo: collage “Today”
On the yachts of Russian oligarchs who fell under international sanctions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, geolocation was turned off to avoid arrest.
It is reported by The Guardian.
“After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a superyacht linked to Russian billionaire Andrey Guryev has disappeared from global tracking maps used for maritime location”the message says.
It is noted that the yacht Alfa Nero worth £95m linked to Guryev was spotted in the Caribbean last week, but hasn’t appeared on the global maritime tracking system since March 3rd.
It is noted that this is one of at least six super-yachts associated with sub-sanctioned Russian oligarchs who have hidden their location in global tracking systems.
“We were told to turn off the AIS system. We unplugged it and removed it”– said one of the crew members of the yacht, which is believed to belong to a Russian oligarch who fell under British sanctions.
In addition, it was found that the yacht Cliolinked to sanctioned oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who sailed from the Indian Ocean to Turkey after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, last reported her whereabouts on April 18 in the Black Sea, within range of the Russian ports of Sochi and Novorossiysk.
Galaxy Super Novawhich is attributed to Vagit Alekperov, the former president of Lukoil, last sent a corresponding signal on March 2 off the coast of Croatia.
super yacht Ocean Victoryassociated with Viktor Rashnikov, last transmitted her coordinates on March 1, when she was anchored in the Maldives.
According to the publication, there are now about 9.3 thousand super-yachts at sea with a total value of more than 50 billion pounds, 10% of them belong to the Russians. In total, at least 13 luxury yachts worth about 2 billion pounds have already been arrested.
Who are “Putin’s wallets”?
According to the authors of the OCCRP investigation, the Russian president prefers to write down his assets to “nominees” – people who sometimes do not themselves know how rich the companies registered in their name are. Two such “nominees,” often referred to as “Putin’s wallets,” cellist Sergei Roldugin and Putin’s childhood friend Pyotr Kolbin, are well known to the authors of numerous investigations into the assets of the Russian president and his inner circle.
The authors of the OCCRP report also included in the Russian leader’s “personal circle” his other relatives and big businessmen, who were repeatedly called “Putin’s friends” in the media. The list, in particular, included Nikolai and Yuri Shamalov, Igor, Roman and Mikhail Putin, as well as Boris and Arkady Rotenberg. The investigation emphasizes that the most successful businesses of entrepreneurs from the “personal circle” are associated with large state-owned enterprises, including oil and gas companies.
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