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Mar 28 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
NORD is fast making her way to Vladivostok. She last pinged 18 hours ago, cruising at 15 knots for her new home port. #YachtWatch 1/
AMADEA has not pinged in two days, since she left Mexico heading for Fiji (likely to resupply before heading up to Vladivostok). 2/
Not a whole lot of pinging going on for those yachts already in the Indian Ocean and Dubai, with the exception of CLOUDBREAK (which pinged today). 3/
ECLIPSE and SOLARIS, belonging to UK/EU sanctioned Abramovich, still hanging out in NATO ally Turkey. So that's cool. 4/

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Mar 28
This FT story is chock full o’ fun. It is not directly related to #YachtWatch, but my weird obsession w/ oligarch yachts grew out of my research into Russian influence operations. 1/
ft.com/content/bd74a5…
It also provides a nice primer for my upcoming book (which is much funnier to read than anything the FT could write). Let’s dig in. 2/ Image
The FT opens with a story that is sure to become a classic: A Russian intelligence officer caught on camera handling his source in Slovakia. 3/ Image
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Mar 17
Good morning. A quick #YachtWatch summary after the events of yesterday. We are now at 9 yachts detained (I think I counted right this time), with Italy and Spain in the lead with 3 each. Here's the list:
ITALY:
LENA (Timchenko)
LADY M (Mordashov)
SAILING YACHT A (Melnichenko) 1/
Spain:
VALERIE (Chemezov)
CRESCENT (maybe SECHIN? still unclear)
LADY ANASTASIA (Mikheev)

France:
AMORE VERO (Sechin)

Germany:
DILBAR (Usmanov)

Croatia:
ROYAL ROMANCE (Medvedchuk) 2/
At the top of the oligarch leaderboard is IGOR SECHIN, who has had two yachts detained (if it is confirmed CRESCENT is his). Congratulations, Igor!

Let's check in with some of our favorite yachts that are on the move... 3/
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Mar 14
EU is doing another round of sanctions. Included on the list is Roman Abramovich. Let’s do a #YachtWatch check in. 1/ politico.eu/article/eu-san…
SOLARIS recently left Montenegro (where it had gone likely to refuel). Not sure where she is heading now. Montenegro had announced it would follow EU sanctions, so Solaris kinda had to go. 2/ Image
Abramovich’s other yacht [insert eye roll emoji] Eclipse is in the Mediterranean, just north of Algeria. Is it me or does she look to be hugging the North Africa coast more than the Spanish coast? Anyway… 3/ Image
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Mar 7
Good morning, Oligarch #YachtWatch fans! I thought it would be a good idea to start the week off with a summary of where things float at the moment.

1. Four yachts were "frozen" last week. NB: not "seized" because it's not like the government took control and can sell them. 1/
It's just that no one can access or use the yachts. So for now, they are just sitting there taking up space. Those four yachts are:

*Dilbar (Usmanov, Germany). Reportedly, the crew has been dismissed and all work on the yacht has stopped.

*Amore Vero (Sechin, France) 2/
*Lady M (Mordashov, Italy) (Note: Mordashov's other yacht, Nord, was last seen in the Seychelles)

*Lena (Timchenko, Italy) 3/
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Feb 27
Another update for #YachtWatch fans:

SOLARIS is still in Barcelona. I went down to the port today. No movement. Just a giant fucking boat at the dock in the shipyard. It's hard to capture the size, but this thing is massive. 1/
Reminder: SOLARIS is 140m (461 ft.) long. So, longer than a football field. But who's measuring? (the oligarchs are definitely measuring). 2/
Here's one more from the back.

My precious is still here. 3/
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Feb 27
Hey, #YachtWatch fans! I've got a "how it started, how it's going" for you.

Remember Galactica Super Nova (still a stupid fucking name), believed to be owned by Russian oligarch Vagit Alekperov, president of Lukoil?

Welp... She's gone. 1/
Looks like she left Barcelona yesterday. She is believed to be heading to Montenegro. Notably, Montenegro is not a member of the EU. Montenegro is also on the way to the Bosphorus and the Black Sea. Just saying. 2/
Montenegro recently built a new port to attract mega yachts.

Montenegro might want to keep in mind, however, that its accession to the EU is currently scheduled for 2025. Just saying. 3/
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