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Russian Billionaire Roman Abramovich Owns 16 Yachts And Vessels, 10 More Than Previously Known

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Documents show that the sanctioned tycoon has a much larger fleet than previously known. At least one of the previously unreported yachts is currently in French territory, putting it at risk of being frozen by authorities.

A trove of leaked documents has revealed several previously unreported assets owned by sanctioned Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich . The files, shared with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and its partners, including Forbes , show that Abramovich owns at least 10 more yachts and vessels through offshore companies and trusts—in addition to six yachts worth at least $1 billion that were already public knowledge.

The documents come from MeritServus, a Cyprus-based corporate services provider used by Russian oligarchs, and were initially shared with The Guardian , which received them from an anonymous third party. According to The Guardian , the files show that Abramovich transferred ownership of 10 offshore trusts with billions of dollars in assets —including the trust that owns his yachts and private jets—to his seven children in early February 2022, just three weeks before the Russian invasion of Ukraine and about a month before Abramovich was sanctioned by the U.K. and EU. An OCCRP investigation using company records and documents in the leak also revealed that Abramovich had invested some $230 million in a large Russian forestry company —whose other shareholders included the Russian government—between 2008 and 2016, before selling his stake for about $110 million one month before the outbreak of war in Ukraine.

Forbes identified 10 vessels owned by Abramovich that had not been previously attributed to him, bringing his overall tally to 16. Eight of the ships are small vessels that, according to the leaked documents, are “used to support the operations” of Eclipse , the 533-foot, $427 million megayacht that Abramovich had built in 2010. Eclipse is currently moored in the Turkish port of Bodrum, with three more of Abramovich’s yachts—the 458-foot, $475 million Solaris , the 180-foot, $38 million Halo and the 220-foot, $20 million Garcon —all anchored nearby, along Turkey’s western Mediterranean coast. A representative for Abramovich did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Outside of the eight support vessels, the leaked documents also show that Abramovich owns a 40-foot Bluegame motor boat named Umbra A , valued at roughly $1 million in a 2016 annual report. The most valuable of the previously unreported yachts is the 80-foot Kewpie , worth about $3 million according to yacht valuation experts VesselsValue. The ship is registered in Bermuda and is currently located in the French overseas territory of Saint Barthélemy, more commonly known as St. Barts, where it has been moored since early November. Abramovich is a familiar face in St. Barts: He owns two properties on the island, one of which was frozen by French authorities in April.

That means Kewpie is also at risk of being frozen, because it’s located on French territory and Abramovich is under EU sanctions—unlike the megayachts in Turkey, which has not imposed sanctions on Russian oligarchs. And Kewpie isn’t the only one of Abramovich’s vessels that could be in trouble. His 162-foot, $11 million Sussurro has been moored in La Ciotat on the French Riviera for nearly a year. Yet another yacht, the 164-foot, $30 million Aquamarine , appears to still be in the Netherlands. Aquamarine ’s ultimate owner is a British Virgin Islands-based company that Abramovich transferred to his business associate David Davidovich on February 24, 2022.

Abramovich uses a complex structure of offshore entities for his yachts plus other assets including four jets , six helicopters and luxury villas and estates . His fleet of 16 ships and 10 aircraft—worth a collective $1.6 billion—are owned by several firms registered in offshore havens including Aruba, the British Virgin Islands, the Isle of Man and Jersey, all known for their secrecy and low-tax regimes. The leaked filings, combined with a seizure warrant for two of Abramovich’s jets filed by the U.S. Department of Justice in June, show that all of these assets—except Aquamarine —are ultimately owned by the Cyprus-based Europa Settlement Trust.

Until February 4, 2022, Abramovich was the trust’s only beneficiary. But on that day, two of Abramovich's representatives—David Davidovich and Tatyana Haykin—filed a document that added his seven children as additional beneficiaries. Four days later, Abramovich was removed entirely, leaving the trust and its trove of yachts and jets to his kids. The amendments to the trust appear to have been completed by February 24, the same day Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine.

Despite the changes to his trusts in February, Forbes still counts Abramovich as a billionaire with an estimated net worth of $8.7 billion. While the megayachts and jets are now technically owned by his children, the oligarch still appears to control them: Abramovich flew aboard his Gulfstream G650 from Israel to Istanbul on March 14, before departing for Moscow the next day.

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Pour éviter la saisie: Abramovitch a été mettre un de ses yachts à l'abri

Pour éviter la saisie : abramovitch a été mettre un de ses yachts à l'abri.

Un méga-yacht de l'oligarque russe, visé par des sanctions britanniques et canadiennes en représailles à l'invasion russe de l'Ukraine, est arrivé samedi dans une baie monténégrine sur la côte Adriatique.

Le yacht est désormais au large du Montenegro.

Le luxueux yacht Solaris, long de 140 mètres, est arrivé dans la matinée dans la baie de Kotor et s'est ancré au large de la marina Porto Montenegro. Selon des médias monténégrins, qui ont observé l'itinéraire du navire ces derniers jours sur des sites permettant de suivre la navigation maritime, Solaris a quitté le 8 mars un port de Barcelone.

Le propriétaire du club anglais de football de Chelsea est un habitué des Bouches de Kotor, mais aussi des eaux croates de l'Adriatique, notamment au large de la cité médiévale de Dubrovnik. Il est visé depuis jeudi par des sanctions du gouvernement britannique, aux côtés de six autres oligarques proches du président russe Vladimir Poutine, dont notamment son ancien partenaire commercial Oleg Deripaska.

Une demi-douzaine de yachts

Elles comprennent le gel de ses avoirs, l'interdiction de transactions avec des particuliers et des entreprises britanniques et l'interdiction de voyager. Roman Abramovitch possèderait une demi-douzaine de yachts, dont notamment Eclipse, long de 162 mètres. Un bateau appartenant à Oleg Deripaska, Sputnik, a par ailleurs quitté vendredi la marina de Porto Montenegro, selon les médias monténégrins. C'est un navire qui accompagne généralement le méga-yacht Clio dont Deripaska est propriétaire.

Les sanctions britanniques ont empêché Roman Abramovitch de vendre Chelsea, le club qu'il a acheté en 2003. Sa richesse est estimée à 9,4 milliards de livres sterling (10,7 milliards d'euros) par le gouvernement britannique. Depuis vendredi, il est visé aussi par les sanctions du gouvernement canadien, avec quatre autres oligarques russes. Ils seront empêchés de faire des affaires au Canada et leurs avoirs y seront gelés. Abramovitch est un actionnaire de la multinationale britannique Evraz, qui gère notamment des aciéries dans le centre du Canada.

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Roman Abramovich’s Yacht Fleet Past & Present

Say what you want about the elite, but you can’t help but marvel and low-key admire their spending habits when it comes to luxury toys. While Roman Abramovich might only be Russia’s 12th richest man (with a net worth of 9.8 billion USD), he’s undoubtedly the one you’ve heard the most about.

A fortune that began with a toy doll company, Abramovich and his now ex-wife used its success as a catalyst to world domination through everything from oil to consumer goods.

Among his arsenal of past and present superyachts, the billionaire tycoon also owns a private Boeing 767 and Gulfstream G650, while his ex-wife Irina took the Dassault Falcon 900 during their divorce settlement.

The pricetags below of these Roman Abramovich yachts – past and present – are in Australian dollars.

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Sussurro – $146 million.

Rumour has it that Sussurro is now owned by his ex-wife by way of a divorce settlement, and is rarely used regardless as it is almost always docked in Antibes.

ECSTASEA – $154 MILLION

Ecstasea is one of the fastest large yachts around, with an impressive 43,000 horsepower at a length of 86 metres.

LUNA – $386 MILLION

This 115-metre monstrosity boasts dual helipads and was built by Lloyd Werft at Stahlbau Nord Shipyards. The world’s second largest expedition yacht, the LUNA was sold to Abramovich’s friend and Azerbaijani billionaire Farkhad Akhmedov for 240 million Euro in 2014.

PELORUS – $386 MILLION

Clocking in at the same length and a very similar price tag, the Pelorus was built in 2003 by Lurssen and was briefly owned by a Saudi businessman before being sold to Abramovich the year after.

Optimised for long distance cruising, the Pelorus is without a doubt the sleekest of the tycoon’s line-up, with this vessel capable of 6000 nautical miles at 16 knots in a single voyage. Pelorus is now owned by Hong Kong businessman Samuel Tak Lee.

ECLIPSE – $643 MILLION

There’s no way Roman Abramovich could part from his flagship superyacht and the world’s largest by length at 163.5 metres. Known as the 1.5 billion dollar superyacht, Eclipse’s original cost price was realistically no more than 500 million USD.

Built in total secrecy by Blohm + Voss of Hamburg to custom request from Roman, Eclipse sports bulletproof windows, an advanced missile detection system and a provision to escape via submarine located at the bottom end of the yacht. Bond villain gadgets aside, its other amenities are things such as dual swimming pools and 20 jet skis.

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This port ain't big enough for the both of us: Roman Abramovich's $1bn yacht refused mooring on the Med because Saudi prince's boat has already parked up

• Antibes port authorities tell tycoon there's no space for his superyacht
• Mooring already occupied by 265ft boat belonging to a Saudi prince
• At 557ft Abramovich's Eclipse is world's largest private yacht

By Colin Fernandez for the Daily Mail and Inderdeep Bains for the Daily Mail Updated: 02:50 EDT, 24 August 2011

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Even billionaires sometimes struggle to find space to park.

For Roman Abramovich, that moment came when he tried to moor his £1billion yacht Eclipse - the largest in the world at 557ft long.

The Russian tycoon was beaten to the only space in the harbour big enough to moor his giant vessel, Eclipse.

Chelsea battleship: Eclipse, the world's biggest yacht, owned by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich, lies at anchor off the coast of Antibes, near Nice, south-eastern France

Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal Alsaud - whose own yacht Kingdom KR5 is a mere 265ft long - took the coveted mooring in ‘Millionaire’s Quay’ in Antibes, in the French Riviera.

Prince Al-Waleed is the world’s 26th richest man with £12.3billion, according to Forbes magazine, while Mr Abramovich is 53rd with a fortune of £8.4billion.

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The last space in Europe’s biggest yachting harbour simply wasn’t big enough for the two superyachts.

So the Chelsea FC owner was left with little option but to drop anchor several hundred feet out at sea - and then travel to his villa on the shore by motorboat.

Mr Abramovich’s crew had pleaded to be allowed to moor in the harbour, but were told it would be impossible to ‘squeeze Eclipse in’ as it was ‘far too big’.

‘Mr Abramovich has a villa in the town, and is, of course, always welcome to disembark with his family, but with a yacht this size it was not possible,’ a source at the port said yesterday.

‘Instead Eclipse had to be sailed out to sea and left there.’

Mr Abramovich, 41, who has six children with his first wife Irina and girlfriend Daria Zhukova, often uses his fleet of luxury boats to ferry his family up and down the Mediterranean.

But none has ever compared to Eclipse, which has two swimming pools, two helicopter pads, a dedicated disco hall, around 30 cabins, a mini-submarine, and even a missile defence system.

Beaten: Chelsea-owning oligarch Abramovich's current flagship vessel Eclipse (pictured) will be knocked off the top spot by the new boat

People carrier: Mr Abramovich often uses his fleet of yachts to ferry his family, including his six children, up and down the Mediterranean

Luxury: Eclipse had an initial order cost of £300million, but this rose to nearly £1billion after all the fixtures and fittings Mr Abramovich wanted were added to the boat

This port ain't big enough for the both of us: The super yacht of Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal Alsaud was already moored in Antibes preventing Abramovich from parking his vessel

It also has armour-plating around Abramovich’s master suite, bullet-proof windows and a laser system designed to dazzle long-lens photographers.

Fabulous wealth: Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal Alsaud

When it was ordered the initial cost was estimated at around £330million, but by the time Mr Abramovich took delivery last year it was spiralling towards the £1billion mark because of the extra luxury fittings and security measures.

Prince Al-Waleed’s vessel, though smaller, has a fascinating history of its own.

The boat, which can carry 22 passengers and 31 crew, was built in 1980 and bought by Saudi billionaire, Adnan Khashoggi under the name Nabila.

It featured in the 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again – as ‘The Flying Saucer’ – owned by villain Maximilian Largo.

Its other owners have included Donald Trump, who named it the Trump Princess.

Prince Al-Waleed bought the yacht in 1991, and renamed it Kingdom 5KR after his investment company Kingdom Holdings, his lucky number 5 and the initials of two of his children.

The prince is the owner of the Savoy hotel in London, and his investment company plans to finance the construction of the world’s tallest building - the Kingdom Tower - in Saudi Arabia.

Antibes is the largest yachting harbour in Europe with more than 2,000 moorings - but only one spot big enough for Eclipse.

Mr Abramovich had applied to Antibes council three years ago to build his own pontoon at the villa, but the plans were rejected.

A spokesman for the Antibes International Yacht Club said: ‘The only space where it could fit is already taken, though there are plans to build another large berth in the coming coming years.’

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Eclipse was built by the Blohm and Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, and delivered to Abramovich last December.

The oligarch also owns three other mega-yachts, the Pelorus (377ft), the Ecstasea (282ft) and the Sussurro (161ft).

Abramovich once lent the Pelorus to Chelsea footballers Frank Lampard and John Terry as a ‘bonus’ for playing well.

Annual running costs for his fleet are around £16million including full tanks of petrol at around £70,000 per yacht.

• Owned by Roman Abramovich, worth £8.4billion
• 557ft long, the biggest in the world
• Accommodates 62 guests and 50 crew
• Maximum speed of 25 knots with cruise speed of 22 knots
• Two helicopter pads
• Two swimming pools, several hot tubs, steam room and disco hall
• Bullet-proof windows and its own missile defence system
• Master suite is armour-plated and has retractable roof
• Has a mini submarine with internal boarding for quick escape
• Anti-paparazzi shield with lasers to block camera lenses
• Built in Germany in 2010, at cost of almost £1billion

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• Owned by Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal Alsaud, worth £12.3billion
• ‘Only’ 282 ft long
• Accommodates 22 guests and 31 crew
• Maximum speed of 20 knots with cruise speed of 17 knots
• One helicopter pad
• One swimming pool and jacuzzi, a disco and cinema screen
• Glittering gold hardware and surfaces throughout
• Exterior painted beige to emulate colour of Arabian sands
• Appeared as the Flying Saucer, the yacht of James Bond villain Largo in the Never Say Never Again
• Previous owners include Sultan of Brunei and Donald Trump
• Built in Italy in 1980, and bought by the prince in 1991 for $40million

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Notre chroniqueuse Julia Courvoisier, avocate au barreau de Paris, a défendu un homme jugé après être rentré à l'hôpital Pompidou à Paris, déguisé en soignant. L'histoire, qui a fait les gros titres des sites d'actualité, ne s'est pas passée comme elle a été tapageusement racontée…

Que n’ai-je pas pris de critiques sur les réseaux sociaux après avoir écrit, pour certains dossiers médiatiques, que je ne donnais pas mon avis parce que je n’avais pas accès au dossier… Il faut aujourd’hui avoir une opinion sur tout, et évidemment, ne pas en changer sous peine de recevoir des tombereaux d’injures. J'assume : je m’accorde le droit de ne pas avoir un avis sur tout, et, de surcroît, d’en changer. Je tempère, m’interroge et m’autorise à douter. C’est encore plus vrai lorsque je vois défiler l’annonce d’un nouveau fait divers.

Le 28 juillet dernier à 6 heures du matin, Midi Libre annonçait : « Il vole la tenue d’un médecin pour aller ausculter une adolescente : l’homme voulait que la jeune fille se déshabille dans l’hôpital ». Dans la foulée, le site de 20 minutes relatait « qu’il s’est revêtu de la blouse blanche puis s’est présenté devant une adolescente âgée de 17 ans, lui demandant de se déshabiller afin de l’ausculter, développe une source policière » . Évidemment, cette information, en pleine crise hospitalière , était reprise dans une dizaine d’articles.

Son objectif ? Se suicider

Je ne l’avais cependant pas vu passer quand, le 29 juillet à 9 heures, je suis arrivée au tribunal judiciaire de Paris pour défendre, à l’audience correctionnelle, les prévenus jugés en comparutions immédiates qui n’ont pas d’avocat. L’audience de comparution immédiate permet au procureur de la République de faire juger les prévenus à la fin de leur garde à vue et quelques heures seulement après les faits qui leur sont reprochés. Il s’agit d’apporter une réponse pénale très rapide à la petite et moyenne délinquance.

Le 29 juillet donc, j’ai récupéré le dossier d’un prévenu qui devait répondre d’exercice illégal de la médecine. Dans la nuit du 27 au 28 juillet, habillé avec une vieille tenue de soignant qu’il avait conservée après avoir travaillé dans le médical, il avait pénétré dans l’hôpital Pompidou à Paris afin de voler du matériel pour « se faire une saignée » comme il l’avait dit. Son objectif : se suicider. Et, cette fois-ci, ne pas se rater.

Évidemment, il avait été pris pour un médecin et, dans les couloirs, avait été arrêté par des patients, lassés d’attendre aux urgences. Il avait donné un antidouleur à l’une, vérifié le pansement d’un autre et aidé une jeune fille de 17 ans, en présence de sa mère, à se déshabiller car elle était alcoolisée et s’était vomi dessus. Il ne l’avait pas auscultée (et n’en avait d’ailleurs pas eu l’intention) et avait été remercié par cette maman pour sa gentillesse envers sa fille à la limite du coma éthylique. Mon client du jour avait été vite reconnu, interpellé par le service de sécurité et placé en garde à vue.

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Aucune agression sexuelle ne lui était reprochée. Mon client n’avait pas voulu être médecin, mais avait été pris pour tel alors qu’il venait de voler de quoi se donner la mort. Ce qui était confirmé en procédure puisque ce matériel avait été retrouvé sur lui. Il n’avait pas osé dire non à ces patients… Il allait évidemment être condamné.

Une source policière trop pressée

Ce prévenu était suicidaire et ce n’était pas la première fois qu’il essayait de mettre fin à ses jours : prise de médicaments, pendaison à son balcon, scarification et ouverture des veines. Il avait déjà tenté de se suicider trois fois, en vain. Ce soir-là, il avait de nouveau voulu en finir avec cette vie de douleurs et de solitudes. Après avoir réussi à ne plus boire d’alcool pendant deux ans, il avait replongé et ne l’acceptait pas. Des violences dans son enfance, des violences dans l’armée. Sa vie n’avait été que brisures, peines de cœur et abandons.

C’est lorsque l’avocate saisie par l’hôpital est arrivée à l’audience que j’ai pris connaissance des articles de presse. Très éloignés du dossier que le tribunal avait entre les mains et pour cause, la source policière n’avait pas attendu les auditions des plaignants pour contacter la presse. Et les auditions avaient donné un tout autre tournant à ce dossier : d’où l’intérêt d’une enquête et surtout, l’intérêt de ne pas se jeter sur un fait divers comme une mouche sur une crotte de chien.

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La source policière n’avait pas menti au moment où elle avait donné l’information à la presse, mais l’enquête faite au cours de la garde à vue de mon client avait révélé autre chose. Un autre contexte. Et l’absence d’infraction à caractère sexuel. L’absence de volonté de se déguiser en médecin pour agresser des femmes.

Et si on essayait la prudence ?

À l’audience, une seule journaliste était présente. Comme si seul le début d’une histoire valait le coup et que l’on pouvait s’épargner de lire la dernière page d’un livre. Je n’aime pas ce monde-là. Le monde de la facilité, de la rapidité et du bruit médiatique. De l’absence de réflexion et du refus de laisser du temps à l’enquête.

Sans surprise, mon client a été condamné pour avoir exercé illégalement la médecine. Il n’a pas été incarcéré. Il devra se soigner et rendre des comptes à la justice sur ces soins. Il devra aussi travailler et justifier d’un certain nombre d’obligations, notamment indemniser les victimes, sous peine d’aller en prison.

La prudence, chers lecteurs, ne fera jamais de nous des moutons sans cervelle. Laisser le temps judiciaire faire son travail c’est, tout au contraire, se donner l’opportunité de réfléchir et d’évoluer. Tentons le coup la prochaine fois !

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