Russian oligarch Sergei Galitsky’s yacht was checked by French customs during the day in Monaco. the Quantum Blue104 m long and moored in the port of the Principality for almost two years, might not have set sail, stopped by the Monegasque maritime police, while its departure had been decided urgently on Wednesday morning, according to Nice morning.
Its owner, whose fortune is estimated at several billion dollars, is however not targeted by European sanctions. The precautionary principle was probably applied.
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European sanctions target nearly 500 Russian personalities or entities, whose assets and economic resources must be gradually frozen as European states manage to locate them and link them to their owners.
“There are a lot of echoes in the community regarding Russian yachts preparing to leave the Côte d’Azur”, for fear of sanctions, told a source familiar with this sector, also mentioning Dubai as one of the potential destinations. . the Quantum Blue had planned to go to the United Arab Emirates, on the advice of the Kremlin, according to the local daily.
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