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The US Marshal Service, an agency of the US Department of Justice, recently put the value of the yacht at around $230 million, according to CNN. dollars (about 211 million euros). However, the decision on the possible sale of the ship may take several months. Bills will need to continue to be paid during this time. Monthly costs include maintenance as well as insurance and a dry dock fee.
S. Kerimov is considered a confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He has been since 2018. The USA was included in the list of sanctioned persons due to money laundering, but after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, punitive measures were applied to it by the EU and other countries.
The company “Millemarin Investment Ltd” is registered as the official owner of the yacht. However, there are mixed data behind this. Millemarin’s lawyers say the ship belongs to Russian billionaire Eduard Khudainatov, whose name is not on the sanctions list.
Due to initially uncertain ownership, the luxury yacht is due to arrive in 2022 after an 18-day voyage from Mexico across the Pacific Ocean. got stuck in Fiji in April and was then confiscated by local authorities and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said at the time that the prosecutor’s office was “monitoring all yachts that were bought with dirty money.” Russian oligarchs will not be able to hide even in the most remote corner of the world.
