The abandoned yacht of a Russian oligarch was purchased by a secret buyer
23.07.2024 - 15:57
The Alfa Nero superyacht, which belonged to the sanctioned Russian oligarch Andriy Guriev, was sold to a new owner.
The ship was sold to a new owner for $40 million. This was announced by the ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United States, Ronald Sanders, Bloomberg reports.
The ambassador declined to name the buyer, citing a non-disclosure agreement.
The country tried to sell the yacht for two years. At first, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt wanted to buy it for $67.6 million, but changed his mind. The daughter of a Russian oligarch prevented him from buying.
For two years, the ship was in Falmouth harbor in Antigua. Its maintenance cost the state more than $100,000 a month.
Superyacht Alfa Nero is registered in the Cayman Islands through an opaque offshore company. The ship includes a 12-meter swimming pool, jacuzzi, spa, beauty salon and helipad. The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) determined that Guryev bought a yacht for $120 million in 2014. The vessel was repeatedly used by the oligarch’s family. Instead, Guriev himself denies that he is the owner of Alfa Nero.
Reference: Andrey Guryev is the CEO of the Russian fertilizer company PhosAgro. Guryev’s fortune is estimated at tens of billions of dollars. Now the businessman is under the sanctions of the EU, USA, Great Britain, Australia and Canada.
