Roman Abramovich’s Custom Private Jet Is Still Being Used – To Rescue Prisoners of War
26 Sep 2022, 10:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The sanctioned Russian oligarch reportedly played a key role in getting over 200 prisoners released in a swap, flew some of them on his private jet
Seized $600 Million Megayacht Dilbar Has Left Port in the Middle of the Night
22 Sep 2022, 06:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Shipyard Lurssen has vacated the dry dock in Hamburg, moving the gigantic 2016 vessel to a storage facility in Bremen, Germany
And So It Begins: Billionaire Sues Government for the Right to Use His Frozen Yachts
17 Sep 2022, 04:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Alexey Kuzmichev, often described as one of the most powerful men in Russia, says he should be allowed to use his 2 vessels, even though they’re frozen
$600 Million Megayacht Scheherazade Was a Christmas Gift From Putin's Friends
11 Sep 2022, 05:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / 2014 was a good year for President Putin, and his oligarch friends celebrated it by chipping in to buy him one of the most expensive megayachts in the world
Seized $75 Million Superyacht Axioma Is Going Back to Its Sanctioned Oligarch Owner
31 Aug 2022, 09:40 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The sale of this controversial superyacht proves just how inefficient sanctions are: reports say it’s on its way back to the original owner
Seized $325 Million Amadea Megayacht Relocated Because It Attracts Too Much Attention
29 Aug 2022, 05:42 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Amadea is owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov but was seized in Fiji in April, and has since become U.S. property
Don’t Gloat Over the Sinking of the Superyacht My Saga
25 Aug 2022, 09:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Reports in the local media link the superyacht to Gennady Ayvazyan, spawning talk of insurance fraud. The only certainty is that the vessel is a complete loss
Seized $75 Million Axioma Sells at Auction, and the Rich Are Still Winning
24 Aug 2022, 04:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Gibraltar Admiralty Court confirms 63 bids were placed online for the 2013 Dunya Shipyard vessel, says amounts and bidders are confidential
Millionaires the World Over Are Interested in Seized Axioma Superyacht, Smell a Bargain
22 Aug 2022, 06:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Dmitry Pumpyansky’s $75 million superyacht was seized in Gibraltar under current international sanctions, will sell at auction on August 23
$700 Million Megayacht Scheherazade Is Now Officially a “Houseboat”
18 Aug 2022, 03:37 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One of the largest, most luxurious and most secretive megayachts in the world is now a Malaysia-flagged houseboat, still under arrest in Italy
Roman Abramovich Has Successfully Taken His $1.3 Billion Superyacht Fleet Into Hiding
13 Aug 2022, 06:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Halo and Garcon have reached the safe waters of Turkey, where Eclipse and Solaris arrived months ago. They are officially out of reach for UK authorities
$75 Million Axioma Becomes the First Seized Superyacht to Sell at Auction, Without Reserve
27 Jul 2022, 04:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Owned by a Russian billionaire, Axioma was arrested in Gibraltar at the end of March. The court ruled it will sell at auction to recover a standing loan
Biker Gang The Night Wolves, aka Putin’s Angels, Is Hit by Sanctions
25 Jul 2022, 08:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The EU singles out the motorcycle club, founder Alexander “The Surgeon” Zaldostanov and three others, in a bid to stop them from spreading propaganda
Two of Roman Abramovich’s Superyachts Suddenly Sail Away, Months After They Were Detained
24 Jul 2022, 05:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Superyacht Halo and support vessel Garcon were detained in Antigua in late March, after Abramovich was sanctioned. They’re now traveling together to Morocco
Construction Resumes on Seized $600 Million Megayacht Dilbar, but No One Knows What For
21 Jul 2022, 05:54 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The world’s largest yacht by tonnage, Dilbar, was seized in Germany under current sanctions against Russia. It is now out of dry dock for unspecified work
The Strange Case of $80M Superyacht Polaris, Which Escaped Sanctions and Then Came Back
12 Jul 2022, 03:51 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / MY Polaris, delivered by Rossinavi in 2021, is now called MY Polestar and is sailing under a different flag after a few months spent in Turkey
Sanctioned Megayacht Solaris Is Heading to the U.S., or Actively Trolling
28 Jun 2022, 08:28 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Roman Abramovich’s smaller and less expensive superyacht has been docked in Turkey for months, is now displaying unlikely destination on AIS
$156 Million Superyacht Madame Gu Has Been Found, Photographed in Hiding
25 Jun 2022, 04:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Steel billionaire Andrei Skoch’s superyacht went dark in March, as it was leaving Dubai. It turns out it never left, because it’s still moored there
Oil Magnate’s $75 Million Superyacht Axioma Will Sell at Auction, Probably for Peanuts
24 Jun 2022, 03:01 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Authorities in Gibraltar order the sale of the seized superyacht, to allow J.P. Morgan to recover a standing loan of $21.5 million
Seized $600 Million Sailing Yacht A Is Out of Dry Dock, No Explanation Given
20 Jun 2022, 03:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Owned by Andrey Melnichenko, Sailing Yacht A was seized in Italy in March while in storage for refits. It has just been refloated