The shipbuilder behind the largest yacht in the world describes it as “one of the most complex and demanding yachts ever built” with “recreation and leisure venues never seen before” such a boat and interior made of “rare and exclusively luxurious materials”. It has two helipads and the largest yacht pool ever built, and can accommodate 36 guests and 96 staff. And this week, he was seized by German authorities for his links to a Russian oligarch. German Federal Police said on Tuesday that “through extensive investigations despite hiding in the high seas”, they found that the yacht belonged to Gulbakhor Ismailova, sister of Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov. After police confirmed to Brussels that the owner of the boat had been fined, the super yacht – named Dilbar, by Usmanov’s mother, according to the US Treasury Department – was confiscated. It takes place in the port of Hamburg in Germany. In Fiji, meanwhile, police are reportedly searching for a superyacht suspected of belonging to Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, which docked in the Pacific island nation this week. The Dilmar, a yacht seized in Germany, is registered in the Cayman Islands, according to the Treasury Department, and is valued at between $ 600 million and $ 735 million, with an estimated annual operating cost of $ 60 million. At 15,917 tonnes, it is the largest yacht in the world in terms of internal volume, according to the ship’s builder, Lürssen, which advertises its “classic profile with a light ivory hull and copper touches”. Usmanov “is known to be close [Russian President Vladimir] “Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, vice-president of Russia’s Security Council and former president and prime minister of Russia,” the finance ministry said, adding that his ties to the Kremlin “enrich him and allow him to live a luxurious life.” In the early days of the invasion, President Biden warned Russian oligarchs: “We are working with our European allies to find and occupy your yachts, your luxury apartments, your private jets.” US hunt for Russian oligarchs’s vast fortunes faces barriers offshore The United States said on March 3 that it had imposed sanctions on Usmanov, arguing that he was among the “key elites” who allowed Putin to wage war on Ukraine. Experts from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) found in an investigative report released Wednesday that Russia had violated international humanitarian law by deliberately targeting civilians during its invasion of Ukraine. The United States and other nations have accused Russia of committing war crimes there, and Biden said Tuesday that Putin had committed “genocide” in Ukraine. Usmanov, 68, is the 86th richest man in the world, with an estimated fortune of $ 19.1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. It has “huge stakes in many sectors” of the Russian economy and internationally, the Treasury Department said, including a 49% stake in USM, a portfolio company that controls Russia’s largest iron ore producer, according to Bloomberg. A spokesman for Usmanov was not immediately available for comment and USM did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In the Fiji case, an official from the National Police Command and Control Center told Reuters that the ship’s captain, who arrived on Tuesday, was being questioned about how he arrived in Fiji without customs clearance. Kerimov has been sanctioned by the United States, Britain and the European Union, but questions remain about ownership of the luxury yacht. Police seized the super yacht, called the Amadea, a 348-foot boat worth $ 325 million, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. The US embassy in Suva told the Fiji Times that it was “cooperating with the Fiji authorities on the matter” and “committed to finding and confiscating the assets of the oligarchs who supported the Russian Federation’s violent, unprovoked election war against Ukraine.” . Adela Suliman in London contributed to this exhibition.
