Blockade breach? $500 million Russian-linked superyacht sails through Strait of Hormuz amid US-Iran warA superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov, the Nord, transited the Strait of Hormuz, a route severely restrict...
28 Apr, 2026, 07.55 AM IST
$325 million Russian superyacht seized by US — now you can bid on its helipad, spa, and 8 lavish stateroomsThe U.S. is auctioning off Amadea, a $325 million superyacht allegedly owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov. Seized in Fij...
07 Aug, 2025, 11.26 PM IST
Will Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's arrest unlock some top Russian secrets?The arrest of Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, in France has raised distress in Russia. People in Russia are largely dependent on this pla...
11 Sep, 2024, 06.30 PM IST
Christmas gift: $2 billion underwater superyacht on sale. Everything about submersibleThe underwater superyacht is a 541-foot-long luxury submersible, capable of going 820 feet underwater and staying submerged for four weeks....
22 Dec, 2023, 07.55 PM IST
US says it wants forfeiture of billionaire Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov's $300 mln superyachtThe United States has filed a complaint in federal court seeking the forfeiture of a $300 million superyacht controlled by Russian oligarch...
23 Oct, 2023, 09.38 PM IST
Russian cos eye Hong Kong escapeHong Kong could offer a window to outside capital for Russian firms since China's government has maintained friendly relations with Moscow ...
11 Oct, 2022, 11.01 PM IST
US warns Hong Kong not to offer 'haven' to sanctioned oligarchs. All you need to knowAs a result of a $500 million superyacht moored in one of the city's harbors, the US has warned Hong Kong against becoming a 'haven' for sa...
09 Oct, 2022, 08.06 PM IST
Russia claims partial control of flashpoint Ukraine city"The residential areas of the city of Severodonetsk have been fully liberated," Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told a defence minis...
07 Jun, 2022, 05.46 PM IST
US wins case to seize Russian superyacht in Fiji, sails awayUS won a case to seize Russia-owned superyacht in Fiji on Tuesday. The 106-metre (348-foot) -long vessel, about the length of a football fi...
07 Jun, 2022, 04.38 PM IST
UK detains Russian-owned superyacht in London's Canary WharfThe 58.5 metre Dutch-built yacht, named Phi, was detained in the Canary Wharf financial district of London under the government's Russian s...
29 Mar, 2022, 07.31 PM IST
Turkey says world cannot 'burn bridges' with Moscow"Ukrainians need to be supported by every means possible so they can defend themselves ... but the Russian case must be heard, one way or t...
27 Mar, 2022, 04.03 PM IST
Fleeing sanctions, oligarchs seek safe ports for superyachtsWhile many are still anchored at or near sun-splashed playgrounds in the Mediterranean and Caribbean, more than a dozen were underway to or...
06 Mar, 2022, 11.05 PM IST
Fleeing sanctions, oligarchs seek safe ports for superyachtsThe evolution of oligarch yachts goes back to the tumultuous decade after the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, as state oil and metals indust...
06 Mar, 2022, 10.47 AM IST
US hits Putin's inner circle, press secretary with new sanctionsThe White House said Biden joined Zelenskyy in urging Russia to "cease its military activities in the area and allow firefighters and emerg...
04 Mar, 2022, 08.59 AM IST
Russian oligarchs' yachts seized in Europe, others harbouring in MaldivesThe yachts arrived in the tropical archipelago off the coast of Sri Lanka after the imposition of severe Western sanctions on Russia in res...
03 Mar, 2022, 07.00 PM IST
Tries to sink Russian boss' yacht, then he leaves for warTaras Ostapchuk said he was hoping to join Ukrainian soldiers or civil militias trying to hold back Russian troops advancing towards the ca...
01 Mar, 2022, 04.01 PM IST
US sanctions on Russian oligarchs miss richest of richThe raft of sanctions on oligarchs announced by President Joe Biden this week in response to the invasion of Ukraine may do little to dim t...
26 Feb, 2022, 02.05 PM IST