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International sanctions have been imposed during the Russo-Ukrainian War by a large number of countries, including the United States, Canada, the European Union, and a number of international organisations against Russia, Crimea, and Belarus following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began in late February 2014. These sanctions were imposed against individuals, businesses, officials and assets such as yachts from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

Impacted yachts

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NameOwnerAction takenPhotoRefs
DateActionByStatus
M/Y AAndrey MelnichenkoFlag state deregistered Isle of ManSailed to Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates and stuck in port until a new flag state is found.[1]
S/Y AAndrey Melnichenko12 March 2022Arrested Italy[1][2]
Alfa NeroAndrey GuryevSeized Antigua and BarbudaThe yacht was abandoned in the harbour since February 2022. She was auctioned off in 2023 but the auction failed to conclude, so the government of Antigua and Barbuda sold the ship to businessman Ali Riza Yildirim for $ 40 million in 2024.[3][4]
TBAAuction date Antigua and Barbuda
AmadeaSuleyman Kerimov4 May 2022Arrested FijiTransported by a US crew to San Diego.[2]
27 May 2022Seized United States
Amore VeroIgor Sechin2 March 2022Arrested France[2]
AxiomaDmitry Pumpyansky22 March 2022Arrested GibraltarAxioma was arrested by Gibraltar authorities on behalf of JPMorgan Chase. Later she was officially seized and put up for auction on 23 August 2022. On 27 September 2022 it was announced that the winning bid was selected out of a total of 63, and is worth $37.5m.[5][2][6][7]
Seized Gibraltar
23 August 2022Auction date Gibraltar
27 September 2022Winning bid selected Gibraltar
CrescentIgor Sechin15 March 2022Arrested Spain[2][8]
DilbarAlisher Usmanov3 March 2022Sanctioned United States[9][2]
3 March 2022Arrested Germany
FirebirdAndrey Yakunin17 October 2022Arrested NorwayBoth yacht and owner were arrested after drones were flying from the yacht and presumably taking pictures of strategic areas, which is not allowed under current sanctions.[10][11]
Flying FoxDmitry Kamenshchik28 March 2022Arrested Dominican RepublicFlying Fox was briefly detained and searched in the Dominican Republic and released due to no evidence of wrongdoing. As soon as she was released, she started crossing the Atlantic Ocean towards Turkey. Later Flying Fox was added to the US sanctions list due to its association with Imperial Yachts. Flying Fox was removed from the US sanctions list on the 30th of September 2024 after breaking ties with Imperial Yachts[12][13][14][2]
Released Dominican Republic
3 June 2022Sanctioned United States
30 September Unsanctioned[12]  United States
GalacticaVagit Alekperov3 March 2022Sanctioned NetherlandsSince Galactica was still being fitted out by the yard, she was not allowed to be delivered to her owner because of sanctions.[15][16]
GarconRoman AbramovichMarch 2022Arrested Antigua and BarbudaGarcon was arrested on Antigua at the request of the United Kingdom. The reason for her release is unknown but as soon as she was she started crossing the Atlantic Ocean towards Morocco.[17]
22 July 2022Released Antigua and Barbuda
GracefulRussian Government
Vladimir Putin (alleged)		3 June 2022Sanctioned United StatesGraceful left Blohm + Voss, Germany abruptly mid refit on 9 February 2022. She was hiding from sanctions in Kaliningrad, Russia. Her AIS tracker was turned off in August 2022. In June 2026 she was spotted leaving the Baltic Sea, escorted by Russian destroyer Severomorsk and the alleged salvage vessel Voevoda (Project 23700), passing the island of Anholt on 29 June.[18][19][20]
HaloRoman AbramovichMarch 2022Arrested Antigua and BarbudaHalo was arrested on Antigua at the request of the United Kingdom. The reason for her release is unknown but as soon as she was she started crossing the Atlantic Ocean towards Morocco.[17]
22 July 2022Released Antigua and Barbuda
Lady AnastasiaAleksandr Mikheyev26 February 2022Attempted scuttlingTaras Ostapchuk (ships engineer)[21][8]
15 March 2022Arrested Spain
Lady MAlexei Mordashov5 March 2022Arrested Italy[22][23][2]
LenaGennady Timchenko5 March 2022Arrested Italy[2]
LunaFarkhad Akhmedov12 May 2022Arrested Germany[24]
Madame GuAndrei Skoch3 June 2022Sanctioned United StatesMadame Gu is hiding from sanctions in Dubai, UAE.
New Vogue2 April 2022Arrested Italy[2]
OlympiaVladimir Putin3 June 2022Sanctioned United StatesOlympia is hiding from sanctions in Russia.[25]
PHIVitaly Vasilievich Kochetkov29 March 2022Arrested United Kingdom[26][2]
Quantum BlueSergey Galitsky3 March 2022Arrested Monaco[27][2]
4 March 2022Released Monaco
RagnarVladimir Strzhalkovsky23 February 2022Inspected NorwayBecause the owner is Russian, local fuel companies refused to sell fuel to the yacht causing her to be stuck in Narvik. The Norwegian government had to order a different company to deliver fuel so she could leave.[28][29][30]
ArrestedThe people of  Norway
30 March 2022Released Norway
Royal RomanceViktor Medvedchuk23 March 2022Arrested CroatiaFollowing the arrest of the owner, the yacht was arrested by Croatian authorities in Split. On 1 December 2022 it was announced she was seized and set to be auctioned off by the Asset Recovery and Management Agency. An auction date is not announced as of 1 December 2022.[31][2][32]
1 December 2022Seized Croatia
TBAAuction date Croatia
TBAWinning bid selected Croatia
ScheherazadeEduard Khudainatov9 May 2022Arrested Italy[2]
Sea RhapsodyAndrey Kostin3 June 2022Sanctioned United StatesSea Rhapsody is hiding from sanctions in the Seychelles.[33]
TangoViktor Vekselberg5 April 2022Seized United StatesShe was boarded by Spanish and US agencies and subsequently seized by the US.[34][2]
ValerieSergey Chemezov15 March 2022Arrested SpainMY Valerie was arrested while being moored at the MB92 shipyard in Barcelona. She later changed the name to Meridian A in an effort to confuse Spanish officials and try to escape the arrest. Following a relocation from the refit yard where she was taking up space since her arrest to a vacant berth the owner stopped paying for the berthing fees and the yacht was subsequently seized.[35][2][8][36]
4 November 2022Seized Spain

Other sanctioned yacht owners

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Below a list of yachts that have not directly been impacted by sanctions but do have owners that are on one or more sanction lists.

OwnerYachtPhotoRefs
Alexander AbramovTitan[37]
Roman AbramovichEclipse[17]
Solaris[17]
Sussurro[17]
Vagit AlekperovGalactica Super Nova[15]
Galactica Plus[15]
David DavidovichAquamarine[38][39]
Oleg DeripaskaClio[40][41]
Sputnik[40][42]
Filaret GalchevSapphire[43]
Ihor KolomoyskyiLauren L[44]
Dmitry MedvedevUniverse[45]
Leonid MikhelsonPacific[46]
Andrey MolchanovAurora[47]
Alexei MordashovNord[22][48]
God NisanovGalaxy of Happiness
Vladimir PotaninNirvana[49]
Feadship BN1010[50]
Viktor RashnikovOcean Victory[51]
Arkady RotenbergRahil[52]
Eugene ShvidlerLe Grand Bleu[53]
Alexander SvetakovCloudbreak[54]
Rustem TeregulovGrand Rusalina[55]
Oleg TinkovLa Datcha[56]

See also

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Citations

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  1. 1 2 "Andrey Melnichenko • Net Worth $24 Billion • House • Yacht • Private Jet • Eurochem". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Update on Russian yachts seized". SuperYacht Times. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Update: Sanctioned Russian billionaire Andrey Guryev denies ownership of 82m Alfa Nero superyacht". SuperYacht Times. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  4. ↑ turkiyetoday. "Superyacht Alfa Nero back on sale at $103M after Turkish businessman's contested purchase".
  5. ↑ "Inside AXIOMA Yacht • Dunya Yachts • 2013 • Owner Dmitry Pumpyansky". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Update: 72m superyacht Axioma will be first seized Russian-owned yacht put up for auction". SuperYachtTimes. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Arrested superyacht Axioma sells for $37.5M at auction". BoatInternational. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 "Spanish officials confirm temporary arrest of three yachts: Crescent, Valerie and Lady Anastasia". BoatInternational. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Inside DILBAR Yacht • Lurssen • 2016 • Owner Alisher Usmanov". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Sailing through a pandemic: On board Oyster sailing yacht Firebird with owner Andrey Yakunin". BoatInternational. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Norwegian Police detains son of close Putin ally for flying drone at Svalbard". The Barents Observer. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Russia-related Designation Removals; Issuance of Russia-related General License; Russia-/Ukraine-related Identification Update | Office of Foreign Assets Control".
  13. ↑ "The Previously Sanctioned 446-Foot Gigayacht 'Flying Fox' Returns to the Charter Market". 7 October 2024.
  14. ↑ "Inside FLYING FOX Yacht • Lurssen • 2019 • Owner Dmitry Kamenshchik". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  15. 1 2 3 "Vagit Alekperov • Net Worth $26 Billion • House • Yacht • Private Jet • Lukoil". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  16. ↑ "Superjacht Galactica in Harlingen (nog) niet in beslag genomen" (in Dutch). Quote Net. 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 "Roman Abramovich • Net Worth $7 billion • House • Yacht • Private Jet • Chelsea FC". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  18. ↑ "Inside GRACEFUL Yacht • Blohm Voss • 2014 • 82m • Owner Vladimir Putin". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  19. ↑ "Putins 'superyacht' sejler forbi Danmark efter mere end tre år under radaren" (in dk). dr.dk. Retrieved 29 June 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ↑ "Flucht vor Drohnen der Ukraine? Putins Yacht sucht Schutz in der Nordsee" (in German). kn-online.de. Retrieved 29 June 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ↑ "Crew member attempts to sink €6.5m superyacht Lady Anastasia". SuperYacht Times. 28 February 2022. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  22. 1 2 "Alexei Mordashov • Net Worth $30 billion • House • Yacht • Private Jet • Severstal". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  23. ↑ "Inside LADY M Yacht • Palmer Johnson • 2013 • Owner Alexei Mordashov". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  24. ↑ "Biden And Allies Are Coming For Russian Billionaires’ Yachts: Forbes Tracked Down 51. Here's Where To Find Them", Giacomo Tognini, 1 March 2022; Forbes
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  28. ↑ "Inside RAGNAR Yacht • Niestern Sander • 2020 • Owner Strzhalkovsky family". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
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  31. ↑ "Inside ROYAL ROMANCE Yacht • Feadship • 2015 • Owner Viktor Medvedchuk". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  32. ↑ "Seized 93m Feadship Russian-owned superyacht Royal Romance to be auctioned". SuperYachtTimes. December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  33. ↑ "Inside SEA RHAPSODY Yacht • Amels • 2012 • Owner Andrey Kostin". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  34. ↑ "Inside TANGO Yacht • Feadship • 2011 • Owner Viktor Vekselberg". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  35. ↑ "Inside VALERIE Yacht • Lurssen • 2011 • Owner Sergey Chemezov". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
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  43. ↑ "Inside SAPPHIRE Yacht • Nobiskrug • 2011 • Owner Filaret Galchev". SuperYachtFan. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  44. ↑ "Inside LAUREN L Yacht • Cassens • 2002 • Owner Igor Kolomoisky". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
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  46. ↑ "Inside PACIFIC Yacht • Lurssen • 2010 • Owner Leonid Mikhelson". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  47. ↑ "Inside AURORA Yacht • Lurssen • 2017 • Owner Andrey Molchanov". SuperYachtFan. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
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  52. ↑ "Inside RAHIL Yacht • Benetti • 2011 • Owner Arkady Rotenberg". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  53. ↑ "Inside LE GRAND BLEU Yacht • Bremer Vulkan • 2000 • Owner Eugene Shvidler". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  54. ↑ "Inside CLOUDBREAK Yacht • Abeking & Rasmussen • 2016 • Owner Alexander Svetakov". SuperYachtFan. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  55. ↑ "Inside GRAND RUSALINA Yacht • Trinity • 2006 • Owner Rustem Teregulov". SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  56. ↑ "Inside LA DATCHA Yacht • Damen Sea Explorer • 2019 • Owner Oleg Tinkov". SuperYachtFan. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
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