SYDNEY, June 7 (Reuters) - A Russian-owned superyacht docked in Fiji departed for the United States on Tuesday after a court in the Pacific island nation ordered its removal.
The 350-foot Amadea arrived in Fiji on April 13 after an 18-day voyage from Mexico. It was seized by Fiji authorities after the country's High Court granted a U.S. warrant last month that linked the yacht to sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov.
The United States alleges Kerimov beneficially owns the Amadea, although lawyers for the vessel have denied this and told the court it was owned by another Russian oligarch, Eduard Khudainatov, the former chief of Russian energy giant Rosneft, who has not been sanctioned.
Suleyman Kerimov
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/russian-owned-superyacht-leaves-fiji-under-us-control
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-superyacht-leave-fiji-court-rules-2022-06-07/
Russian billionaire and politician Suleyman Kerimov has been charged with laundering money gained through tax fraud in France. (2017)
https://news.sky.com/story/russian-billionaire-suleyman-kerimov-charged-with-tax-evasion-in-france-11139577