A superyacht owned by Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov has been spotted in the island nation of Fiji, possibly evading seizure from the dozens of nations where the billionaire has been sanctioned.
The 350-foot-long Amadea superyacht was seen docked in the Lautoka Wharf in Fiji on Wednesday, a media outlet on the island and a ship-tracking website both reported. Kerimov has been sanctioned by the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union.
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Ship tracking website MarineTraffic reportedly showed that the Amadea arrived in Fiji on Wednesday after an 18-day journey across the Pacific Ocean from Mexico. The arrival of the superyacht on the island of fewer than a million inhabitants made front-page news.
Arrival of runaway Russian super yacht Amadea finally makes a news story in Fiji. Vessel is still docked at Lautoka, Fiji. @fijitimes pic.twitter.com/QV07rHmEde
— Michael Field (@MichaelFieldNZ) April 12, 2022
The Amadea is reportedly valued at $325 million and features a party deck with a spa pool that can be converted into a stage for bands and DJs, who can plug into the vessel’s 20,000 watts of built-in speakers and utilize the yacht’s onboard lights and lasers during concerts.
Fiji’s head of immigration reportedly told the Fiji Times that the agency had “heard about” the ship’s arrival but “nothing has come to Immigration.”
Several superyachts belonging to Russian oligarchs have been seized by governments since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.
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On April 4, Spanish law enforcement seized Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg’s 255-foot yacht, the Tango, after the U.S. Department of Justice issued a warrant for its capture.
Last month, a superyacht, Phi, owned by an unnamed Russian national, was seized in London by British authorities.
