该游艇目前在意大利海滨城市的一个干船坞中,并认为它可能与俄罗斯总统普京有关。
意大利政府发言人3月12日宣布,意大利金融警察卫队扣押了属于俄罗斯寡头安德烈·梅利尼琴科(Andrey Melnichenko)价值约为5.3亿欧元的超豪华游艇。欧盟近日将梅利尼琴科列入了制裁名单。这艘长150米,排水量接近1.3万吨的“SY A”号被指是世界上最大的帆船游艇。另据《纽约时报》11日报导,美国官员正在审查一艘价值7亿美元的超级游艇的所有权,该游艇目前在意大利海滨城市的一个干船坞中,并认为它可能与俄罗斯总统普京有关。
安德烈·梅利尼琴科是俄罗斯入侵乌克兰后受到制裁的多名寡头之一。根据欧盟的说法,他“属于俄罗斯最有影响力的商人圈子,与俄罗斯政府关系密切”。因此,梅利尼琴科属于“在为俄联邦政府提供大量收入来源的经济部门”。
欧盟指认梅利尼琴科“是普京最亲密圈子的成员,他正在支持或实施破坏或威胁乌克兰领土完整、主权和独立以及乌克兰稳定和安全的行动或政策”。
在欧盟实施对俄制裁后,意大利政府已经查封了属于多名普京亲信的游艇和别墅,如俄罗斯寡头阿利舍尔·乌斯马诺夫(Alisher Usmanov)的撒丁岛别墅。乌斯马诺夫价值6亿美元的游艇此前已被德国政府扣押。
据了解,效仿美英法等国对俄罗斯采取的跟进制裁措施,德国政府也将设立一个专门的工作组来负责扣押其境内属于俄罗斯寡头的资产。据《明镜》杂志周六报导,德国政府将成立一个特别小组,帮助执行对俄罗斯寡头的制裁。
报导称,该小组将设在柏林总理府内,并将与财政部、经济部和内政部协调。据称,德国总理办公室的国务秘书库斯基(Jorg Kukies)将领导这个新的机构。目前,德国还没有扣押游艇、私人飞机或房屋等俄寡头资产的既定程序。
据《纽约时报》报导,美国官员正在审查一艘价值7亿美元的超级游艇的所有权,该游艇目前在意大利海滨城市的一个干船坞中,并认为它可能与俄罗斯总统普京有关。
报导称,美国情报机构没有对这艘名为“Scheherazade”号的超级游艇的所有权作出最终结论,但美国官员表示,他们已经发现初步迹象表明,这艘游艇与普京有关。在美国官员提供这些信息之前,《纽约时报》周二报导说,意大利当局正在调查这艘140米长的船只的所有权,一名前船员说它是供普京使用。
了解情报的人不会描述他们有哪些信息表明这艘超级游艇与普京有关。就美国官员知道普京是否或多长时间使用一次该游艇,了解情况的消息人士不会分享这一信息。美国官员说,普京几乎没有把他的财富保留在自己的名下。相反,他使用名义上由俄罗斯寡头拥有的豪宅和游艇。不过,通过各种空壳公司,普京被指有可能更直接地控制“Scheherazade”号。
美国官员说,在整个新冠疫情期间,普京还在黑海边的俄罗斯度假城市索契度过了大量时间。根据航行记录显示,“Scheherazade”号在2020年和2021年的夏天到索契进行了旅行。
报导称,美国财政部情报与分析办公室和海军情报局都在调查与俄罗斯寡头有关的超级游艇的所有权问题。美国海军发言人和财政部女发言人都拒绝对此发表评论。美国司法部已经成立了一个特别工作组,对受制裁的俄罗斯寡头的资产进行调查。在周五与记者的讨论中,司法部的一位官员说,该特别工作组将调查那些帮助受制裁的俄罗斯官员或寡头隐藏资产的个人。这些人可能面临与违反制裁或国际洗钱指控有关的指控。
Italy seizes luxury yachts and villas from Russian oligarchs *****87NeXb3xR3 via @MailOnline sucks to be a Rich Russian - maybe the people of Russia will realize how little they have as apposed to the Rich having it all.
— margaret loyd (@margaretloyd8) March 6, 2022
A way to picture the magnitude of the wealth accumulated by Russian oligarchs.
— Lionel Page (@page_eco) March 12, 2022
One oligarch’s super yacht seized in Italy is worth more than all the money pledged by the EU to arm Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/PGiZe5Grq8
Italy’s financial police (@GDF) has just frozen “SY A” - a sailing yacht worth ~€530m located in the Port of Trieste. The yacht could be linked indirectly to Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko - an individual in the EU sanctions list. pic.twitter.com/fRg6ZTIQRH
— Ferdinando Giugliano (@FerdiGiugliano) March 12, 2022
Italy seizes the eight-deck $578 million mega yacht owned by the sanctioned Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko.
— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) March 12, 2022
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#Italy seized an oligarch’s 530 million yacht as part of last #sanctions implemented.
— Diego Solinas (@solinas_diego) March 13, 2022
It looks like the right place to host a few dozens #Ukrainian families fleeing the #war.
Am I wrong?#Ukraine #Oligarchs #UkraineRussianWar pic.twitter.com/uXs9M9D2Yc
France announces seizure of Russian oligarch’s €108m yacht.
— Russian Yatch (@RussianYatch) March 12, 2022
Owned by a company in which Igor Sechin,this yacht fell within the scope of the freezing measures decided against its owner by the Eu Council. @RussianYatch #ukraine #Russia #Putin Russia Putin Ukraine Biden Trump pic.twitter.com/Lm0tayUIMU
Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov's 512-foot yacht has been seized by German authorities in the northern city of Hamburg. *****yQh7rE4DMy pic.twitter.com/U1dVRVBIBc
— Forbes (@Forbes) March 2, 2022
IMPACT: Spain temporarily seized a super-yacht that, OCCRP revealed, is linked to Sergei Chemezov, the head of the Russian state-owned defense conglomerate Rostec. #PandoraPapers*****I7KuEsyaT7
— Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (@OCCRP) March 15, 2022
Odds are, the documents won’t have the name “Vladimir Putin” on them. US officials say that’s not how Putin works. They say other people own the assets that are for his personal use. We’ve seen that before. And of course, the owner could turn out to be a Gulf State prince.
— Mike Forsythe 傅才德 (@PekingMike) March 8, 2022
And here's a picture from the @MarineTraffic site - the Scheherazade in Sochi last year. pic.twitter.com/EK5luYfIVp
— Mike Forsythe 傅才德 (@PekingMike) March 8, 2022
Tied to #Ukraine / #Russia tensions, GRACEFUL, Putin's 80 m yacht, had to abandon repairs/upgrades in Hamburg to seek shelter in RU waters.
— Putin is a Virus (@PutinIsAVirus) February 18, 2022
Well she possibly is/was mored at the Yantar shipyard, odd choice for a civilian leisure vessel esp. if not of the Russian dictator#OSINT pic.twitter.com/SbwGkiqXP3
Same day Putin begun restoring the Soviet Union, oligarch Roman Abramovich new yacht, MY SOLARIS, was rushed out of dry dock and appears to be getting readied to leave Barcelona (#Spain)
— Putin is a Virus (@PutinIsAVirus) February 22, 2022
Being a good sanctions candidate, hope the departure can be halted...#Russia #Ukraine #OSINT pic.twitter.com/kyt6GGRyCX