Yachts impacted by international sanctions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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International sanctions have been imposed during the Russo-Ukrainian War by a large number of countries, including the United States, Canada, the European Union, and a number of international organisations against Russia, Crimea, and Belarus following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began in late February 2014. These sanctions were imposed against individuals, businesses, officials and assets such as yachts from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

Impacted yachts[edit]

Name Owner Action taken Photo Refs
Date Action By Status
M/Y A Andrey Melnichenko Flag state deregistered  Isle of Man Sailed to Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates and stuck in port until a new flag state is found. [1]
S/Y A Andrey Melnichenko 12 March 2022 Arrested  Italy [1][2]
Alfa Nero Andrey Guryev Seized  Antigua and Barbuda The yacht was abandoned in the harbour since February 2022. To be actioned off if no owner is identified by March 31st, 2023 [3]
TBA Auction date  Antigua and Barbuda
Amadea Suleyman Kerimov 4 May 2022 Arrested  Fiji Transported by a US crew to San Diego. [2]
27 May 2022 Seized  United States
Amore Vero Igor Sechin 2 March 2022 Arrested  France [2]
Axioma Dmitry Pumpyansky 22 March 2022 Arrested  Gibraltar Axioma was arrested by Gibraltar authorities on behalf of JPMorgan Chase. Later she was officially seized and put up for auction on 23 August 2022. On 27 September 2022 it was announced that the winning bid was selected out of a total of 63, and is worth $37.5m. [4][2][5][6]
Seized  Gibraltar
23 August 2022 Auction date  Gibraltar
27 September 2022 Winning bid selected  Gibraltar
Crescent Igor Sechin 15 March 2022 Arrested  Spain [2][7]
Dilbar Alisher Usmanov 3 March 2022 Sanctioned  United States [8][2]
3 March 2022 Arrested  Germany
Firebird Andrey Yakunin 17 October 2022 Arrested  Norway Both yacht and owner were arrested after drones were flying from the yacht and presumably taking pictures of strategic areas, which is not allowed under current sanctions. [9][10]
Flying Fox Dmitry Kamenshchik 28 March 2022 Arrested  Dominican Republic The reason for her release is unknown but as soon as she was she started crossing the Atlantic Ocean towards Turkey. Later Flying Fox was added to the US sanctions list. [11][2]
Released  Dominican Republic
3 June 2022 Sanctioned  United States
Galactica Vagit Alekperov 3 March 2022 Sanctioned  Netherlands Since Galactica was still being fitted out by the yard, she was not allowed to be delivered to her owner because of sanctions. [12][13]
Garcon Roman Abramovich March 2022 Arrested  Antigua and Barbuda Garcon was arrested on Antigua at the request of the United Kingdom. The reason for her release is unknown but as soon as she was she started crossing the Atlantic Ocean towards Morocco. [14]
22 July 2022 Released  Antigua and Barbuda
Graceful Vladimir Putin 3 June 2022 Sanctioned  United States Graceful left Blohm + Voss, Germany abruptly mid refit on 9 February 2022. Now she is hiding from sanctions in Kaliningrad, Russia. [15]
Halo Roman Abramovich March 2022 Arrested  Antigua and Barbuda Halo was arrested on Antigua at the request of the United Kingdom. The reason for her release is unknown but as soon as she was she started crossing the Atlantic Ocean towards Morocco. [14]
22 July 2022 Released  Antigua and Barbuda
Lady Anastasia Aleksandr Mikheyev 26 February 2022 Attempted scuttling Taras Ostapchuk (ships engineer) [16][7]
15 March 2022 Arrested  Spain
Lady M Alexei Mordashov 5 March 2022 Arrested  Italy [17][18][2]
Lena Gennady Timchenko 5 March 2022 Arrested  Italy [2]
Luna Farkhad Akhmedov 12 May 2022 Arrested  Germany [19]
Madame Gu Andrei Skoch 3 June 2022 Sanctioned  United States Madame Gu is hiding from sanctions in Dubai, UAE.
New Vogue 2 April 2022 Arrested  Italy [2]
Olympia Vladimir Putin 3 June 2022 Sanctioned  United States Olympia is hiding from sanctions in Russia. [20]
PHI Vitaly Vasilievich Kochetkov 29 March 2022 Arrested  United Kingdom [21][2]
Quantum Blue Sergey Galitsky 3 March 2022 Arrested  Monaco [22][2]
4 March 2022 Released  Monaco
Ragnar Vladimir Strzhalkovsky 23 February 2022 Inspected  Norway Because the owner is Russian, local fuel companies refused to sell fuel to the yacht causing her to be stuck in Narvik. The Norwegian government had to order a different company to deliver fuel so she could leave. [23][24][25]
Arrested The people of  Norway
30 March 2022 Released  Norway
Royal Romance Viktor Medvedchuk 23 March 2022 Arrested  Croatia Following the arrest of the owner, the yacht was arrested by Croatian authorities in Split. On 1 December 2022 it was announced she was seized and set to be auctioned off by the Asset Recovery and Management Agency. An auction date is not announced as of 1 December 2022. [26][2][27]
1 December 2022 Seized  Croatia
TBA Auction date  Croatia
TBA Winning bid selected  Croatia
Scheherazade Eduard Khudainatov 9 May 2022 Arrested  Italy [2]
Sea Rhapsody Andrey Kostin 3 June 2022 Sanctioned  United States Sea Rhapsody is hiding from sanctions in the Seychelles. [28]
Tango Viktor Vekselberg 5 April 2022 Seized  United States She was boarded by Spanish and US agencies and subsequently seized by the US. [29][2]
Valerie Sergey Chemezov 15 March 2022 Arrested  Spain MY Valerie was arrested while being moored at the MB92 shipyard in Barcelona. She later changed the name to Meridian A in an effort to confuse Spanish officials and try to escape the arrest. Following a relocation from the refit yard where she was taking up space since her arrest to a vacant berth the owner stopped paying for the berthing fees and the yacht was subsequently seized. [30][2][7][31]
4 November 2022 Seized  Spain

Other sanctioned yacht owners[edit]

Below a list of yachts that have not directly been impacted by sanctions but do have owners that are on one or more sanction lists.

Owner Yacht Photo Refs
Alexander Abramov Titan [32]
Roman Abramovich Eclipse [14]
Solaris [14]
Sussurro [14]
Vagit Alekperov Galactica Super Nova [12]
Galactica Plus [12]
David Davidovich Aquamarine [33][34]
Oleg Deripaska Clio [35][36]
Sputnik [35][37]
Filaret Galchev Sapphire [38]
Ihor Kolomoyskyi Lauren L [39]
Dmitry Medvedev Universe [40]
Igor Makarov Areti [41]
Leonid Mikhelson Pacific [42]
Andrey Molchanov Aurora [43]
Alexei Mordashov Nord [17][44]
God Nisanov Galaxy of Happiness
Vladimir Potanin Nirvana [45]
Feadship BN1010 [46]
Viktor Rashnikov Ocean Victory [47]
Arkady Rotenberg Rahil [48]
Eugene Shvidler Le Grand Bleu [49]
Alexander Svetakov Cloudbreak [50]
Rustem Teregulov Grand Rusalina [51]
Oleg Tinkov La Datcha [52]

See also[edit]

Citations[edit]

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