The $ 300 million yacht was detained by the authorities in Fiji in May 2022. After more than three years the yacht goes to auction. The proceeds from the sale will go to humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
The luxury superjacht Amadea, which the United States government has confiscated to the sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleimman Kerimov, goes to auction after more than three years. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
Authorities in Fiji detained a $ 300 million yacht of $ 106 meters in May 2022 based on the United States arrest warrant. Its owner, billionaire Sulejman Kerimov, got on the penalty list of the US Treasury in 2014 and in 2018 in response to Russia’s activities in Syria and Ukraine.
Superjacht with its own heliport, swimming pool, hot tub, gym, beauty salon and eight cabins according to AmadeaaAuction.com can accommodate up to 16 people. The auction of a luxury vessel is organized by the Florida company National Maritime Services, which accepts the offers by 10 September and requires an initial deposit of $ 10 million.
The yacht goes to the auction after the judge dismissed the competitive claim of the former director of the Russian State oil and gas company Rosneft Eduard Chudaynat for the ownership of the ship. He claims he is the owner of Amadey and said that the yacht could not be confiscated because he is not sanctioned. According to the prosecutor’s office, the poor man’s owner was the owner of Amadea only on paper and the yacht really belonged to Kerimov.
The US Congress last year approved legislation that allows the sale of secured Russian property and the proceeds from the sale gives to humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
