Alice St⭕️llmeyer Profile picture
Executive Director @DefendDemocracy. Busy to #DefendDemocracy against hybrid & technological threats. #Power40 Also at: https://t.co/Iq24vDElrp

Sep 24, 2022, 6 tweets

Friends of Ukraine, we have a problem.

Russia's richest oligarch may have secret superyacht in Netherlands— despite sanctions.

118 meter ship is likely worth €250 million.

@DutchMFA should chain war enabler Potanin's ship & EU should #SanctionPotanin!

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@DutchMFA @navalny @pevchikh @Billbrowder @swsjoerdsma @DmytroKuleba @VVChentsov @MattiMaasikas @KyivIndependent @KyivPost @Kasparov63 This article says alleged owner is Russia's richest oligarch, Vladimir Potanin.

Name of superyacht would be 'Katyusha': associated with Soviet Union military, a marching song used by the Red Army in WW2 & also a Russian rocket artillery.

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@DutchMFA @navalny @pevchikh @Billbrowder @swsjoerdsma @DmytroKuleba @VVChentsov @MattiMaasikas @KyivIndependent @KyivPost @Kasparov63 Russia's richest oligarch Vladimir Potanin is on:

* @Navalny's list of 'war enablers'
* US Treasury 2018 list of people closely associated with Putin
* UK 2022 sanctions list for being "in Putin's inner circle"

What is EU waiting for? #SanctionPotanin

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EU making new sanctions against Russia for sham "referendums", mobilisation & nuclear threat.

With 1206 Russians sanctioned, an EU source claims "no big fish left."

Why not extend to all 6000 on @Navalny's list, starting with Putin pal #SanctionPotanin?

Netherlands @Douane should contact @Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation.

We can't risk Russia's richest oligarch escaping sanctions by simply re-registering his secret superyacht.

Coz that's what corrupt oligarchs do :-/

@ACF_int @fbkinfo #WeAreNAFO #StandWithUkraine️

Kudos to MP @SWSjoerdsma for asking questions to MFA @WBHoekstra

"It would be crazy if a luxury yacht was now being worked on in the Netherlands with final destination Russia. That goes against the sanctions and again raises questions about enforcement."

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