They will sell Medvedchuk’s stored yacht and give the money to Ukraine
The value of Viktor Medvedchuk 200 million euro yacht “Royal Romance” will be auctioned in Croatia. Local about it court has decided.
It also became known that the money obtained from the sale will be given to Ukraine as aid.
Medvedchuk’s yacht in Croatia in March 2022 imprisonment was done. Viktor Medvedchuk, who is known as Vladimir Putin’s godfather, headed the pro-Russian “Opposition Platform – For Life” party in Ukraine.
After the outbreak of a large-scale war of Ukraine Security Service Medvedchuk imprisonment did. In September, he is from Russia captive was exchanged with the soldiers he had taken.
About Medvedchuk’s yacht court of the property of the person whose decision is sanctioned of Ukraine it will be the first event for which it is sold.
At the same time, European Union (EU) and USA officials have been unable to decide for several months how to legally confiscate multibillion-dollar Russian assets frozen abroad.
EU officials say that due to the international principle of state immunity Russia They cannot simply confiscate the frozen assets of the Central Bank. But they can create a fund to manage liquid assets and dispose of its profits.
Europe Head of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen believes that a structure and fund can be created together with partners to manage this resource in a short period of time. According to the head of the commission, then gathered funds Ukraine can be used for According to him, after the sanctions are lifted, those collected funds will be transferred to Ukraine by Russia compensation should be used for payment.
Ursula von der LeyenAccording to him, the damage to Ukraine is 600 billion evaluated in euros. Russia and its oligarchs must pay for the country’s recovery. EU and USA already Russia 300 of the Central Bank billion blocked euro reserves.
In addition, 19 belonging to Russian oligarchs billion The euro is also frozen. But it is also noted that everything about those frozen assets is not so simple.
Such a conversation is not only about money. This includes real estate, luxury mansions and apartments, as well as yachts. For example, USAin imprisonment “Amadea” superyacht, allegedly owned by Russian oligarch and senator Suleyman Karimov. The annual maintenance cost of Amadea is approx 10 million dollars.
Now, a part of these expenses is the United States tax falls on the payers. Keeping the Amadea docked in San Diego involves paying engineers to make sure there are no fuel leaks and people to clean the ship and its distillation systems, Bloomberg reported in November.
in “Bloomberg”. in writing the annual cost of maintaining the yacht of its value 10-15%.
Currently, there are no laws in the EU that allow the management of frozen funds of foreign countries. Although there are precedents in the world. So, after the Taliban seized power, the US blocked Afghanistan’s accounts. This year the president Joe Biden’s administration has decided to use some of the frozen funds to help the people of Afghanistan.
A fund was created for this in Switzerland bank account has been opened. This fund will be able to pay for critical imports for the country and make payments on debts owed to international financial institutions of Afghanistan.
of Russia Kommersant newspaper tried to calculate the possible payments of such a fund with Russian money with the help of experts. At best, that’s $30 billion a year.
Now to Ukraine military it is reported that the damage caused by the operations is 600 billion euros. This means losses compensation it will take at least twenty years to do. The war is still going on and the final damage has not been calculated.
“Currenttime.tv” quoting the country’s officials, writes that Kyiv Ukraine damage at the expense of Russian assets compensation own plan to do offer did.