A Fiji court ruled this week that the U.S. can seize a yacht owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch starting Friday after the defense presents its argument.
A previous order that stopped the U.S. from moving the yacht after filing a warrant will remain in place until at least Friday to allow for the defense to argue the boat is actually owned by a different Russian oligarch not facing sanctions, Suva High Court Justice Deepthi Amaratunga said Tuesday.
ally Suleiman Kerimov who faces sanctions from the U.S. The yacht, in fact, belongs to Eduard Khudainatov, who isn’t facing sanctions, the defense has argued. US SEIZES YACHT OWNED BY OLIGARCH WITH CLOSE TIES TO PUTINFILE - The superyacht Amadea is docked at the Queens Wharf in Lautoka, Fiji, on April 15 2022. A judge in Fiji has ruled that U.S.
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