After a brief pause, yacht-seizing is back
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photos: Getty Images In early March, a European vogue for seizing Russian oligarch yachts swept the world. And then the fad stopped — until now. This morning, observers reported Spanish police and the FBI entering Tango, a yacht docked in the stunning harbor of Palma de Mallorca. Tango is owned by Viktor Vekselberg, a friend of Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin.
Seized by: It’s not technically seized, and its owner is not on the E.U. sanction list even. But the big sleek boat is in Norway and everyone is refusing to give it fuel. So it’s … stranded? Beached?Crescent Owner: Igor Sechin, most probably . Former Putin deputy and former head of Russian state oil company; also, he’s single!Current suspected location: Tarragona, Catalonia.
Lady Anastasia Spotted on March 15 in Calvia Photo: AFP via Getty Images Owner: Alexander Mikheyev. Runs the helicopters division of a subsidiary of Rostec; the yacht just survived an attack last month by a Ukrainian sailor. He told the crew to abandon ship and then tried to sink it. “I don’t regret anything I’ve done,” he said. Valerie Valerie, seen here in happier times . Photo: Getty Images Owner: Sergei Chemezov. KGB man, Putin pal from Dresden, CEO of Rostec; barred from entering the U.S.
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