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U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by SlavaUkraini: 3:00am On Jun 08, 2022
The United States won a legal battle on Tuesday to seize a Russian-owned superyacht in Fiji and wasted no time in taking command of the $325 million vessel and sailing it away from the South Pacific nation.

The court ruling represented a significant victory for the U.S. as it encounters obstacles in its attempts to seize the assets of Russian oligarchs around the world.

While those efforts are welcomed by many who oppose the war in Ukraine, some actions have tested the limits of American jurisdiction abroad.

In Fiji, the nation’s Supreme Court lifted a stay order which had prevented the U.S. from seizing the superyacht Amadea.

Chief Justice Kamal Kumar ruled that based on the evidence, the chances of defense lawyers mounting an appeal that the top court would hear were “nil to very slim.”

Kumar said he accepted arguments that keeping the superyacht berthed in Fiji at Lautoka harbor was “costing the Fijian government dearly.”

“The fact that U.S. authorities have undertaken to pay costs incurred by the Fijian government is totally irrelevant,” the judge found. He said the Amadea “sailed into Fiji waters without any permit and most probably to evade prosecution by the United States of America.”

The U.S. removed the motorized vessel within an hour or two of the court’s ruling, possibly to ensure the yacht didn’t get entangled in any further legal action.

In early May, the Justice Department issued a statement saying the Amadea had been seized in Fiji, but that turned out to be premature after lawyers appealed.

It wasn’t immediately clear where the U.S. intended to take the Amadea, which the FBI has linked to the Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov.

Fiji Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher Pryde said unresolved questions of money laundering and the ownership of the Amadea need to be decided in the U.S.

“The decision acknowledges Fiji’s commitment to respecting international mutual assistance requests and Fiji’s international obligations,” Pryde said.

In court documents, the FBI linked the Amadea to the Kerimov family through their alleged use of code names while aboard and the purchase of items such as a pizza oven and a spa bed.

The ship became a target of Task Force KleptoCapture, launched in March to seize the assets of Russian oligarchs to put pressure on Russia to end the war.

The 348-foot -long vessel, about the length of a football field, features a live lobster tank, a hand-painted piano, a swimming pool and a large helipad.

Lawyer Feizal Haniff, who represented paper owner Millemarin Investments, had argued the owner was another wealthy Russian who, unlike Kerimov, doesn’t face sanctions.

The U.S. acknowledged that paperwork appeared to show Eduard Khudainatov was the owner but said he was also the paper owner of a second and even larger superyacht, the Scheherazade, which has been linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin.


The U.S. questioned whether Khudainatov could really afford two superyachts worth a total of more than $1 billion.

“The fact that Khudainatov is being held out as the owner of two of the largest superyachts on record, both linked to sanctioned individuals, suggests that Khudainatov is being used as a clean, unsanctioned straw owner to conceal the true beneficial owners,” the FBI wrote in a court affidavit.

Court documents say the Amadea switched off its transponder soon after Russia invaded Ukraine and sailed from the Caribbean through the Panama Canal to Mexico, arriving with over $100,000 in cash. It then sailed thousands of miles (kilometers) across the Pacific Ocean to Fiji.

The Justice Department said it didn’t believe paperwork showing the Amadea was next headed to the Philippines, arguing it was really destined for Vladivostok or elsewhere in Russia.

The department said it found a text message on a crew member’s phone saying, “We’re not going to Russia” followed by a “shush” emoji.

The U.S. said Kerimov secretly bought the Cayman Island-flagged Amadea last year through various shell companies.

Kerimov made a fortune investing in Russian gold producer Polyus, with Forbes magazine putting his net worth at $14.5 billion.

The U.S. first sanctioned him in 2018 after he was detained in France and accused of money laundering there, sometimes arriving with suitcases stuffed with 20 million euros.


Khudainatov is the former chairman and chief executive of Rosneft, the state-controlled Russian oil and gas company.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna32262

Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by MANNABBQGRILLS: 3:27am On Jun 08, 2022
$325 million vessel!!!!


Just curious but is this even legal?
Seizing a private individual's property just because they've got a dodgy "friend".
Perhaps some lawyer can answer this.
Or is totalitarianism and theft OK when it's for a "good cause"?

Our Darling Roman Abramovich comes to mind.

USA wants to capture and rule the world all over.

LET THERE BE PEACE IN OUR WOLRD.

Let's make Love, Not War.

This is not too much to ask for......

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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by Bahamas95(m): 3:41am On Jun 08, 2022
USA and power, they wanna control the world.....Very crafty country.

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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by Adeoludt(m): 3:45am On Jun 08, 2022
Ok
Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by Mumusaphire: 4:09am On Jun 08, 2022
America no be your mate. You can restle power thru ur economy, not thru war.

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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by Kingpin1000: 5:04am On Jun 08, 2022
It will not end well for US, 99 days for the theif.

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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by cenaman(m): 5:16am On Jun 08, 2022
Peace to the world.
Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by redcliff: 5:27am On Jun 08, 2022
America go talk who gave them the power to go and seize anything they feel like seizing in places that do not belong to them. It will end one day.

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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by YoruEnglish(m): 6:05am On Jun 08, 2022
United Snake of America always bite anytime.

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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by Mirabella01: 7:03am On Jun 08, 2022
Russia is now experiencing technical bullying cool

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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by Hanibbal(m): 7:49am On Jun 08, 2022
U.S the thief

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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by Nobody: 10:53am On Jun 08, 2022
The yacht have sailed already.

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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by iTommysco: 12:41pm On Jun 08, 2022
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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by Awise09(m): 12:41pm On Jun 08, 2022
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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by Risingblue008(m): 12:41pm On Jun 08, 2022
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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by Opinedecandid(m): 12:41pm On Jun 08, 2022
Great news

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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by Abboki: 12:41pm On Jun 08, 2022
Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by money121(m): 12:41pm On Jun 08, 2022
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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by empressSkincare(f): 12:42pm On Jun 08, 2022
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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by Sabadon(m): 12:42pm On Jun 08, 2022
Na our naija matter concern us now make US dey their dey

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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by stano2(m): 12:42pm On Jun 08, 2022
Thieves

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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by thesicilian: 12:42pm On Jun 08, 2022
Kangaroo court. The Americans are the real thieves here

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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by sukkot: 12:43pm On Jun 08, 2022
cheesy am here for the yankee vawulence
Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by seanwilliam(m): 12:44pm On Jun 08, 2022
Like for USA share for Russia






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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by DamnnNiggarr: 12:45pm On Jun 08, 2022
I'm beginning to hate USA because of their criminal mind.

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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by Lexusgs430: 12:45pm On Jun 08, 2022
Be careful of the friends you associate with ........... cheesy
Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by Kazeem47(m): 12:45pm On Jun 08, 2022
Liberal Thiefs.Democratic Thief's.USA.

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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by Elidrisy20: 12:45pm On Jun 08, 2022
USA must pay for there crimes,in kind

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Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by CheapHomes1: 12:47pm On Jun 08, 2022
SlavaUkraini:


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna32262

now that they have seized the yatch, what will they do with it? just wondring
Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by TroubleMaker47(m): 12:49pm On Jun 08, 2022
Lol
Re: U.S. Wins Case To Seize Russian Superyacht In Fiji. by Igbofam2: 12:49pm On Jun 08, 2022
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$325 million vessel!!!!


Just curious but is this even legal?
Seizing a private individual's property just because they've got a dodgy "friend".
Perhaps some lawyer can answer this.
Or is totalitarianism and theft OK when it's for a "good cause"?


USA wants to capture and rule the world all over.

LET THERE BE PEACE IN OUR WOLRD.

Let's make Love, Not War.

This is not too much to ask for......

He is on the list of those sanctioned. Besides that anything linked to Putin is under sanctions and that Vessel is

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