Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum on Wednesday, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said the jeweled egg was one of the most “interesting” discoveries made by her team targeting Russian assets abroad — and it could be worth millions if it is authentic. CNN. While Monaco did not specify which yacht was found to contain the alleged Fabergé artefact, it said the vessel had come from Fiji and was docked in San Diego Bay. In late June, federal law enforcement authorities sailed Suleiman Kerimov’s $325 million yacht Amadea from Fiji to the U.S. — a 5,000-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean — after a protracted legal battle that hinged on question of ownership of the vessel. The House of Fabergé began creating its iconic eggs nearly 180 years ago in St. Petersburg, Russia, where they emerged as jewelers to the country’s moneyed nobility. (in the photo). Getty Images The 384-foot ship was seized by the U.S. Department of Justice’s copycat KleptoCapture, and a multinational task force called REPO—Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs—seized the assets of Kremlin allies and imposed sanctions on Russian oligarchs. The sanctions are part of an effort to pressure Moscow to end the war in Ukraine. According to US officials, the ship’s previous owner, Kerimov, is a money-laundering suspect who was sanctioned in 2018 over Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Forbes reported that Kerimov is a majority investor in Russia’s largest gold producer with an estimated net worth of $12.9 billion. Monaco said the possible Fabergé egg recovered from the yacht, if genuine, would make it one of the few remaining in the world and worth millions of dollars. The House of Fabergé began creating its iconic eggs nearly 180 years ago in St. Petersburg, Russia, where they emerged as jewelers to the country’s moneyed nobility. In 1885, Tsar Alexander III ordered the first Faberge egg as an Easter gift for his wife, Empress Maria Feodorovna. A DOJ task force seized the 384-foot vessel in Fiji and sailed it to San Diego after a lengthy legal battle. AP Over the next 30 years, Fabergé created 50 eggs for the Romanov imperial family. Monaco told the security forum that it supported the idea of ​​selling seized Russian assets and asked the US Congress for the authority to give the proceeds of the transactions to Ukraine.