A luxury yacht linked to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, who is among several Russian billionaires who have been sanctioned, sailed a few kilometers off the coast of southwestern Turkey on Monday after approaching European Union waters in recent days, according to a ship-tracking website.
Abramovich and other Russian billionaires were added last week to an EU sanctions list that already included dozens of wealthy Russians, and EU governments are taking steps to seize their yachts and other luxury assets.
Last week, Abramovich flew to Moscow from Istanbul on his private jet. According to flight tracking data, it was Abramovich's second jet-bound trip between the Turkish city and the Russian capital in three days.
The 140-meter (460-foot) long yacht Solaris, which is flying the Bermuda flag according to the Marine Traffic tracking website, left a Barcelona shipyard on March 8 where it was undergoing repairs.
It departed from the Adriatic resort of Tivat, Montenegro, on March 13, initially bound for Turkey and has been passing through Crete in recent days. The monitoring site showed she was about 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) off the coast of Turkey on Monday, heading for the resort of Dacsa.
The yacht was built in a German shipyard and first put to sea early last year. It is one of a series of yachts owned by Abramovich, according to reports in luxury publications SuperYachtFan, SuperYacht Times and Forbes.
Source: CNA
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