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Russian oligarch’s superyacht reportedly stranded in Norway because no one will fuel it
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A superyacht owned by Russian oligarch Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, a former KGB agent and longtime ally of Vladimir Putin, is presently caught at a Norwegian port as a result of nobody will promote it gas.
“The yacht Ragnar has been unable to go away Norway as a result of discrimination from native gas suppliers, who refuse to gas Ragnar yacht,” the ship’s British captain, Rob Lancaster, wrote on a flyer in Narvik Port, in accordance with the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK. “The yacht and its final helpful proprietor are on no European or UK sanction listing, so we discover the discrimination in direction of us, extraordinarily unjust.”
The 220-foot boat was initially constructed as an ice-breaking help vessel for the fossil gas business in 2012, however was refitted right into a yacht in 2020 and now options elaborate interiors, jetskis, an amphibious ATV, and a helideck.
A number of lawmakers have referred to as on the Norwegian authorities to grab the superyacht, however it sits stranded for now in Narvik Port, a harbor situated in northern Norway.
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Strzhalkovsky, who as soon as labored as Russia’s deputy minister of financial system, obtained a $100 million golden parachute when he stepped down as CEO from the Norilsk Nickel mining firm in 2012, the New York Occasions reported on the time.
The U.S. and European allies have labored to grab the property of dozens of sanctioned Russian oligarchs within the wake of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Earlier this week, Spain seized the 279-foot superyacht “Valerie” that’s owned by Sergei Chemezov, a former KGB agent who runs the state-owned protection conglomerate Rostec.
“At this time we seized – the technical time period is provisionally immobilized – a yacht belonging to one of many principal oligarchs,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez mentioned Monday. “We’re speaking a couple of yacht that we estimate is price $140 million.”
Superyacht Crescent, which has been detained by Spanish authorities, is seen docked at Marina Port Tarraco in Tarragona, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Spain, March 16, 2022.
(REUTERS/ Albert Gea)
On Wednesday, Spanish authorities additionally seized the 440-foot superyacht “Crescent” owned by sanctioned Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin.
Earlier this month, Italian authorities seized the $72 million, 213-foot “Woman M” yacht owned by metal baron Alexei Mordashov, Russia’s wealthiest man with a internet price of $30 billion.
Reuters contributed to this report.