The giant sailing yacht of the Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko. The most expensive yachts of Russian billionaires

She will be the largest sailing ship

Russian tycoon Andrey Melnichenko, known for his fondness for expensive floating toys, will soon be enjoying his new acquisition. The billionaire's sailing yacht, which starts sea trials in Germany, will be the largest vessel in its class and probably the most expensive.

The British newspaper Daily Mail reports that the fruit of the design genius Philippe Starck, worth about 400 million euros, is preparing to set off on a test voyage from the German city of Kiel.

According to media reports, the eight-deck vessel is 25 meters wide and 143 meters long. The crew will be 50 people. The yacht will have three carbon fiber masts with a height of over 100 m. The area of \u200b\u200bthe largest sail will be 1,767 square meters. Passengers, among other things, will be able to observe the underwater world through the transparent underwater section of the hull.

For comparison, the one that became famous in connection with the wedding of the Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov is only 88 meters long.

The fact that Andrey Melnichenko ordered the construction of the largest sailing ship in the world became known in July. The yacht was built at the shipyard of the shipbuilding company Nobiskrug in. She received the name "Sailing yacht A". Melnichenko already has a mega yacht called "A", but it is not sailing, but motor. Melnichenko attracted the famous designer Philippe Starck to create both yachts.

VIDEO: The first yacht of the oligarch Melnichenko - the interiors are mesmerizing

Melnichenko owns controlling stakes in the energy company SUEK, Eurochem, and the Siberian generating company. Forbes magazine estimates his fortune at $ 9.1 billion. In the rating "The Richest Businessmen of Russia", compiled by the publication, in 2015 he took 13th place.

Andrey Melnichenko, a 44-year-old native of Gomel, is sometimes called the “king of fertilizers”: among his assets is OJSC Eurochem, the largest in Russia and one of the world's largest producers of mineral fertilizers. Melnichenko's beneficial interest in OJSC Eurochem is 90%. Approximately the same share in OJSC Siberian Coal Energy Company - the largest in Russia and one of the leading coal companies in the world and LLC Siberian Generating Company - the leading electric power company in Siberia. Melnichenko's fortune is estimated at $ 13.4 billion, in 2016 he took 139th place in the Forbes world ranking of billionaires and 11th among Russian billionaires.

Melnichenko's new sailing yacht is called the largest in the world, or at least one of the largest. It has eight floors and an underwater deck, the length of the vessel is 142 meters, the height is 91 meters. The area of \u200b\u200bits sails on three masts exceeds the area of \u200b\u200ba football field, and the ship is serviced by a crew of 54 people, lenta.ru reports. This is the second yacht of the oligarch: the businessman also owns motor yacht “A”, launched in the summer of 2008 after four years of construction. They say that both yachts with the letter "A" are named after his wife Alexandra.

The detention of the new yacht, which came to Gibraltar to complete the finishing works, is associated with the claim of its manufacturer - the German company Nobiskrug, whose lawyers filed a lawsuit for breach of contract. It states that the customer, Valla Yachts Limited, did not pay the last payment of 9.8 million euros on time. Also, the shipbuilders have other claims in connection with debts on subcontracted accounts, and their total amount is 15.3 million euros.

The 44-year-old owner of the fortune has two reasons to be proud: his wife and yachts. In 2005, the Russian oligarch married the former Miss Yugoslavia, Serbian top model Alexandra Nikolic, whose wedding cost him $ 40 million, so when three years later, in 2008, Melnichenko built himself a new yacht worth $ 320 million. , he had not a shadow of a doubt what name to give the ship. He named the yacht briefly and laconically, in honor of his beloved wife (well, a little in honor of himself): "A". Since then, the vessel has been considered one of the most famous and luxurious on the planet ...

Looking at the unusual ship, Londoners took pictures in front of it and published the footage on social networks. Pictures of "A", cruising along the main river of the British capital, went around the British media. “Tens of thousands of ships passed under the Tower Bridge, but few of them were as large and luxurious as this,” writes the Daily Mail. Megayacht "A" was designed by the famous French designer Philippe Starck, and built at the Hamburg shipyard Blohm + Voss. The length of the vessel is 119 meters. The design of the yacht caused a wide variety of opinions. The yacht has been compared to submarines and warships, and journalists agreed that "this is the most attractive and repulsive ship in the world."

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Spacious, 240 square meters, Melnichenko's cabin is located above the wheelhouse. A spiral staircase leads to it along the walls, lined with sheet silver, the railings of which cost the billionaire $ 60 thousand. The double bed stands on a podium which is rotated at the push of a button. Another button controls the rotation of the bed itself, so that the owner lying on it can admire the sunset and sunrise from any position. The faucet in the owner's bathroom alone cost him $ 40,000 ... The yacht also has three swimming pools, one of which has a glass floor, a helipad, boats and even its own submarine ...

Melnichenko has long been able to afford not to sit in a stuffy office for days, but to enjoy the fresh sea breeze on board his yacht in the company of his beautiful wife. These two things, in fact, he thundered in recent years in the gossip, inviting Hollywood stars of the rank of Demi Moore and Sharon Stone to stay on his ship. For several years yacht “A” has been spotted in various parts of the world.

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Over time, the old yacht seemed cramped to the billionaire, and last year he built another, larger, worth $ 450 million. The oligarch again named the new ship "A" (Sailing Yacht A), its length is 142 meters. She became the ninth largest yacht in the world.

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This is the second ship of the Russian businessman Andrei Melnichenko. It is even bigger and more luxurious ... It is a real sea giant, 143 m long, 25 m wide. And the tops of its masts are a hundred meters above the water level! Sailing yacht "A" was designed by Philippe Starck and built by Nobiskrug at the Kiel shipyard. She has a steel hull with a displacement of 12,700 tons with a composite superstructure. The yacht has eight teak decks. "Underwater" camera for observing the inhabitants of the sea.

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"A", the world's largest sailing vessel, is propelled by wind and propellers The rotating monolithic masts, about 90 meters high, are made of carbon fiber at the Trafalgar shipyard in Portsmouth (UK). The rotating booms are built in Valencia, Spain, and the 4460 square meters sails are built in the USA All sailing equipment of the vessel is put, retracted and controlled fully automatically.

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The hybrid power yacht setup contains two diesel engines MTU 20V 4000 ML73 of 3600 kW each and two electric motors of 4300 kW each. With them, yacht “A” develops a cruising speed of 16 knots (30 km / h) and a maximum speed of 21 knots (39 km / h). The range is 5320 nautical miles (9850 km). The yacht is operated by a crew of 54 people.

Shipyard:Blohm + Voss (Germany)

Intended owner: Roman Abramovich

Country of registration of the vessel:Bermuda

Yacht length:162.5 m

Assessed value: $ 460 million

The yacht was built in 2010 by the German shipyard Blohm + Voss (bought by Lurssen). Then she was considered the largest yacht in the world, but a few years later the 180-meter Azzam was commissioned for the President of the UAE. Eclipse has nine decks, a displacement of 13,500 tons, a crew of 70 people. She can carry two helicopters, four pleasure boats, 20 scooters and a mini submarine. The boat has a cinema room, a wine cellar and a 16-meter swimming pool that turns into a dance floor. The yacht is equipped with bullet-proof glass, a missile attack warning system, and a paparazzi anti-paparazzi system.

Shipyard: Lurssen (Germany)

Intended owner: Alisher Usmanov

Country of registration of the vessel:Cayman islands

Yacht length:156 m

Assessed value:$ 550 million

The boat is named after Alisher Usmanov's mother. She is the most capacious among yachts in the world, her gross tonnage is 15 917 tons. The vessel can move at a cruising speed of 22.5 knots (about 42 km / h). Dilbar has set several more records: it houses the largest yacht pool - 180 cubic meters. m and the most powerful diesel power plant with 30,000 kW. The total area of \u200b\u200bthe internal premises is 3,800 sq. m. The length of the electrical wiring on the ship exceeds 1,100 km. Dilbar has two helipads, a cinema, an elevator, and a jacuzzi. It can accommodate up to 40 guests at a time.

3. Sailing Yacht A

Shipyard:Nobiskrug (Germany)

Intended owner:Andrey Melnichenko

Country of registration of the vessel: Bermuda

Yacht length:142.8 m

Assessed value: $ 425 million

In mid-2015, Melnichenko ordered Sailing Yacht A from Germany. The boat has eight decks, and its masts are higher than Big Ben (over 100 m). The hull of the sailboat includes one of the largest curved glass panes in the world - sheet area 58.8 sq. m, and it weighs about 2 tons. The ship has an underwater room. More than 50 people are needed to service the boat. The yacht is capable of speeds in excess of 20 knots per hour (37 km / h).

4. Ocean Victory

Shipyard: Fincantieri (Italy)

Intended owner:Victor Rashnikov

Country of registration of the vessel: Cayman islands

Yacht length:140 m

Assessed value: $ 310 million

The contract for the construction of the yacht was signed at the end of 2009, the boat was transferred to Rashnikov in December 2014. The yacht has seven decks, several swimming pools up to 8 meters long, a helipad, a beach club and an elevator connecting the decks. The boat has a flooded dock that houses a 14-meter tender. In 2016, Russian billionaire Yuri Shefler filed a € 20.9 million lawsuit against the Italian shipyard Fincantieri, which built his 134-meter yacht Serene in 2011. He accused the Italians of using his yacht design for the Ocean Victory.

5. Motor Yacht A

Shipyard:Blohm + Voss (Germany)

Intended owner: Andrey Melnichenko

Country of registration of the vessel: Marshall Islands

Yacht length: 119 m

Assessed value: $ 255 million

Melnichenko's first large boat was built in 2008 by the German company Blohm & Voss. The yacht has an avant-garde design and looks like a submarine. The maximum speed is 24 knots (44 km / h). Motor Yacht A has a capacity of 14 guests and 42 crew members. There is a helipad, an amphibious boat, a car garage and three swimming pools. It is known that some interior details, such as stair handrails, are made of silver. Melnichenko's main cabin has an area of \u200b\u200b240 sq. m, 44-mm glass on the windows can withstand a grenade explosion.

Shipyards:LloydWerft; StahlbauNordShipyards (Germany)

Intended owner: Farhad Akhmedov

Country of registration of the vessel:Marshall Islands

Yacht length: 115 m

Assessed value: $ 230 million

In 2010, the boat was built for Roman Abramovich, but in 2014 he resold it to Akhmedov. The main feature of Luna is the ability to swim in any conditions from the tropics to Antarctica. The ship has two helipads and an impressive swimming pool. The maximum speed is 18 knots (33 km / h). In June 2011, Luna docked in Venice, which locals called it "idiotic" and complained that it spoiled the city's skyline. Mayor Giorgio Orsoni then proposed a tax on the mooring of large yachts. In the spring of 2018, Luna was arrested due to a lawsuit filed by Akhmedov's wife.

Shipyard: Lurssen (Germany)

Intended owner: Alisher Usmanov

Country of registration of the vessel: Cayman islands

Yacht length: 110 m

Assessed value: $ 210 million

The boat was built to replace another boat - Dilbar (66 m), which is now called Natita. Usmanov received the Ona boat in 2008. The exterior design was developed by one of the renowned masters of design art Tim Heywood, and the interior design was created by Alberto Pinto. It is known that the boat is environmentally friendly and practically does not pollute the environment: its exhaust gases are purified using carbon filters. The maximum speed is 21 knots (39 km / h). The vessel is designed for 41 crew members and 16 guests. There is a swimming pool, a helipad, a gym.

Shipyard:Oceanco

Intended owner: Oleg Burlakov

Country of registration of the vessel: Cayman islands

Yacht length:106.7 m

Assessed value:$ 220 million

Oleg Burlakov's yacht was launched in September 2016 and became the world's largest sailing yacht. The businessman named the boat after the sailing ship from the famous movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" - "Black Pearl". The yacht's six cabins accommodate 12 guests.

The boat has a spa pool, hot tub, two boats and a beach club. The maximum boat speed is 17.5 knots (32 km / h). The boat is able to move using alternative energy - solar and wind. Burlakov told Forbes that he spent more than € 250 million on the yacht, of which € 150 million were loans from European banks.

Shipyard: Lurssen (Germany)

Intended owner: Sergey Galitsky

Country of registration of the vessel:Cayman islands

Yacht length:104 m

Assessed value: $ 225 million

In September 2014, Sergei Galitsky, the founder of the Magnit retail chain, said in an interview that he was building a 105-meter boat for himself. Originally it was planned that the length of the yacht would be 102.4 m, but in the end it reached 104 m. Quantum Blue was built at the Lurssen shipyard in Germany. Its designer is Tim Heywood, interior design is studio Alberto Pinto.

Quantum Blue has a gym, cinema, spa, elevator, helipad, swimming pool, jacuzzi, beach club, tender and jet skis garage. The typical Quantum Blue route is walking in the French Riviera region.

Shipyard: Feadship (Netherlands)

Intended owner:Andrey Skoch

Country of registration of the vessel: Cayman islands

Yacht length: 99 m

Assessed value: $ 135 million

The yacht was built in 2013 in the Netherlands. Skoch himself never confirmed the ownership information. Nevertheless, numerous sources attribute her to Skoch, she can be found along with the Dilbar yacht of Skoch's USM partner Alisher Usmanov.

Madame Gu was built at the shipyard for four years. She was then the largest yacht ever built in the Netherlands. The yacht is capable of speeds up to 24 knots (about 45 km / h). It can accommodate 12 guests and 36 crew members. The ship has a closed hangar for a Eurocopter helicopter.

Shipyard: Blohm + Voss (Germany)

Intended owner: Mikhail Prokhorov

Country of registration of the vessel: Cayman islands

Yacht length: 95.1 m

Assessed value: $ 155 million

The yacht was launched in 2010. Construction was carried out in great secrecy, the project was codenamed "Killer Whale" (Orca). The British bureau Michael Leach Design worked on the interior design of the vessel with the involvement of Mikhail Prokhorov. As a result, Palladium won the World Yachts Trophies 2010 in the design category. The yacht has eight cabins and is designed for 16 guests.

The Palladium has two diesel power units that can reach speeds of 19 knots (35 km / h). There is a beach club on the boat. Since Prokhorov is fond of water sports, the designers have designed a large room that allows storage of two sports tenders.

Shipyard: Oceanco

Intended owner: Vladimir Potanin

Country of registration of the vessel: Cayman islands

Yacht length: 88.5 m

Assessed value: $ 125 million

It is believed that the name of the boat Barbara has something in common with the name of Potanin's youngest daughter Varvara. Barbara can accommodate up to 12 guests in six cabins, with a crew of 20. The boat has a beach club with a swimming pool, a tender garage, a gym, a massage room and an aquarium with exotic fish. There are many unique solutions here: the owner's office with 3.5-meter ceilings, the elevator seems to be entwined with tree roots (made of teak). According to the publication Boat, non-standard materials were used on the boat - the skin of frogs and puffer fish or the horn of the Asian buffalo.

Shipyard: Oceanco

Intended owner: Vladimir Potanin

Country of registration of the vessel:Cayman islands

Yacht length: 88.5 m

Assessed value: $ 100 million

The interior design and image of the yacht Nirvana and other Potanin boats were developed by the eminent Sam Sorgiovanni. The boat was mentioned by Potanin's ex-wife Natalia. She said that the businessman was planning to call her "Natalia". Nirvana has six cabins and the owner's penthouse occupies more than half of the upper deck. There is a 3D cinema, a swimming pool, a sea-view restaurant, a gym and spa, and a terrarium with exotic reptiles. The maximum speed of the yacht is 20 knots (37 km / h). With an average speed of 14 knots, the Nirvana is capable of over 5,000 nautical miles without refueling.

Shipyard: Lrssen

Intended owner: Leonid Mikhelson

Country of registration of the vessel: Cayman islands

Yacht length: 85 m

Assessed value: $ 130 million

Pacific was built at the famous Lurssen shipyard as a project by Josi. It was delivered to the owner in 2010. The yacht can accommodate 12 people in six cabins, her crew is 28 people. The boat was designed by the German company FrersDesign. Michelson's boat has a unique painting that allows it, like a chameleon, to change color in the sun. Two helicopters can land on it at the same time. The boat was seen all over the world - in Australia, Indonesia, off the coast of Costa Rica, Hawaii (USA), as well as in the south of France and Italy. The maximum speed is over 20 knots (37 km / h).

Shipyard: Lurssen

Intended owner: Igor Makarov

Country of registration of the vessel: Cayman islands

Yacht length:85 m

Assessed value: $ 110 million

The owner of the Areti holding Igor Makarov has consistently named several boats Areti. Prior to the current yacht, he had boats of 60m and 38m. The 85m yacht has long been hidden under the name "Project Sasha".

Areti has a large luxury suite and eight additional guest suites that can accommodate 18 people. The owner can use the spa with sauna, hammam, jacuzzi, there is also a pool with a beach club. The boat is in the top 200 largest yachts in the world, but it is still far from the leaders.

16. Here Comes The Sun

Shipyard: Amels (Netherlands)

Intended owner: Alexander Japaridze

Country of registration of the vessel: Cayman islands

Yacht length: 83 m

Assessed value: $ 125 million

Built in 2016 in Holland, Here Comes The Sun was the largest yacht ever built by the Amels shipyard and the fourth yacht named by the businessman after The Beatles songs. Before Here Comes The Sun, he owned Imagine boats and two Let It Be yachts. Here Comes The Sun has a pool with beach club, sauna, gym, jacuzzi and cinema. The yacht can accommodate up to 12 guests. Its gross tonnage is 2,827 tons, it has two Caterpillar engines (each with a capacity of 3,150 l / s), which allows it to reach speeds of 17 knots (32 km / h). The boat is available for charter, the price starts from € 1.2 million per week.

Shipyard:Oceanco

Intended owner: Andrey Guryev

Country of registration of the vessel: Cayman islands

Yacht length:82 m

Assessed value:$ 105 million

Alfa Nero was built in 2007 and named after the Roman emperor Nero. The 82m motor yacht was created by designer Albert Pinto. The yacht can accommodate 12 guests in six cabins, the crew is 29 people.

The boat has a seven-meter pool with a glass waterfall, spa and beauty center, sauna, gym, antique Pleyel grand piano, theater room, cinema, dance floor, several tenders and jet skis. The pool transforms into a helipad. Cruising speed - 17 knots (32 km / h).

Shipyard:Abeking & Rassmussen (Germany)

Intended owner: Alexander Mamut

Country of registration of the vessel: Cayman islands

Yacht length: 81.8 m

Assessed value: $ 105 million

Kibo was transferred to its owner in June 2014. The exterior of the yacht was created by designer Terence Disdale, he worked on Roman Abramovich's Eclipse. Disdale believes that a yacht should look like a house by the sea, so everything is very practical on Kibo: there are no floor-to-ceiling windows, pools, jacuzzis, spa.

But non-standard materials were used in the interior, for example, the table in the VIP-lounge is covered with puffer fish skin. The owner's apartment has an art wall and his bathroom has a 180 ° viewport. A glass elevator runs through the entire yacht. The boat accommodates 14 guests in seven cabins and 22 crew members.

Shipyard:Feadship

Intended owner: Victor Vekselberg

Country of registration of the vessel: Cayman islands

Yacht length:77.7 m

Assessed value:$ 110 million

The boat was built in 2011, and a year later she was named “Yacht of the Year” at the World Superyacht Awards. The Tango can accommodate up to 14 people in seven cabins and has 22 crew members. Its gross tonnage is 1,250 tons.

On the deck there is a spa with massage and beauty salon, outdoor cinema, swimming pool, elevator, jacuzzi, gym, tender and helicopter platforms. The boat can accelerate to a speed of 22 knots (about 40 km / h). The Tango tanks contain about 200,000 liters of fuel. The yacht is not available for rent.

Shipyard: Oceanco (Netherlands)

Intended owner: Vladimir Potanin

Country of registration of the vessel:Cayman islands

Yacht length: 75.5 m

Assessed value:$ 80 million

The boat is named after the daughter of the billionaire Anastasia. The ship's designer is Australian Sam Sorgiovanni, who is known for taking part in the design of Roman Abramovich's Pelorus yacht. Anastasia has seven decks and six cabins and can accommodate 12 guests and 20 crew members. On the upper deck is the owner's suite, with a balcony and a two-story atrium. There is a helipad, a pool with a transparent bottom, a cinema with 10 seats, a gym, and the main highlight is a 2,700-liter aquarium. The yacht has been put up for sale several times.

The largest yacht in the world was arrested for debt. The owner of the snow-white eight-decker who was arrested is a Russian oligarch, the founder of MDM Bank, the owner of three Krasnoyarsk thermal power plants and the country's largest coal producer, the SUEK company, Andrey Melnichenko.

"Hundreds of people are amazed at the sight and dimensions of the giant yacht that entered the Strait of Gibraltar", - wrote foreign media a week ago. A couple of days later, Yacht A, which really looks more like a military cruiser than a cruise ship, was on the news again.

The largest yacht in the world adorns the collection of luxury cruise ships belonging to the 44-year-old oligarch Andrey Melnichenko, whose assets include Eurochem (90% of shares), Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK, 92%), Siberian Generating Company (LLC SGK, 92%), and the fortune is estimated at 13.4 billion euros (this is 11 ranked in the Russian list and 139th in the world ranking of billionaires by Forbes).

On February 5, yacht “A” left the port of Kiel in Germany and headed to Spain, where finishing works, running and acceptance tests are to be carried out. However, since 18 February, the yacht has been under the control of the Gibraltar Admiralty, where Sailing Yacht A entered for refueling. The claim was filed by the Nobiskrug shipyard. German shipbuilders claim that they did not receive a final installment of 9.8 million euros from the customer, and 2.6 and 2.9 million euros were not paid to subcontractors. The total debt of Valla Yachts Limited, through which Melnichenko's order was received, thus reaches 15.3 million euros. According to the contract, the money had to be deposited before January 27.

Yacht "A" 2008 was also designed for Andrey Melnichenko by Philippe Starck

The largest yacht in the world

Sailing Yacht A costs about $ 400 million and was designed by the famous (almost legendary) French Philippe Starck... It took four years to build the ship.

Until now, the largest yachts were considered Eos (93 m) and Maltese Falcon (88 m), but the creation of Philippe Starck and German shipbuilders set a new record, both in terms of dimensions and technical equipment of the vessel. The length of the yacht "A" is 142.5 meters, the width is 25 meters, the total sail area is 3700 sq. meters (this is half of the football field), the height of the three carbon fiber masts is 91 meters. Inside one of these masts is a room that is accessed by a spiral staircase. However, to raise the sails, you do not need to climb up - there is a special button for this. But sails are not always needed: the ship has two powerful diesel engines and two electric motors. And the captain does not stand at the helm, but controls the yacht using the touch panel. By the way, some innovative technologies developed specifically for yacht "A" can be licensed - this will help partially offset the costs of its design and construction.

"A", allegedly named after the oligarch's wife, a former Serbian model Alexandra (Sandra) Nikolic, can receive up to 20 guests on board. They have a spa club, a beach with three pools, a garage for four cars (if you need to go ashore) and a submarine for sea voyages. A special room, equipped in the lower deck, allows observation of the life of the sea depths through a panoramic camera, and one of the decks is reserved for the helipad. It took 1,300 trunks of expensive teak wood to finish the yacht.

The yacht is serviced by a crew of 54 people. The cabin of Andrei Melnichenko himself, as the press writes, is protected by bullet-proof glass; for safety reasons, 50 video surveillance cameras are also installed on the ship. Cruising speed "A" - 20.8 knots (about 40 km / h), displacement - over 12,000 tons.

Yacht “A” of 2008 is the most attractive and repulsive ship in the world, according to WSJ.com

"Unpleasant episode"

This is how Andrey Melnichenko's lawyers assess the situation with the yacht “A”, who are sure that the arrest from the vessel will be lifted within a few days. The issue of non-payment falls under arbitration in the UK, where it will be considered (home port "A" - Hamilton in Bermuda). At the same time, representatives of the oligarch say that they are amazed by the actions of Nobiskrug: some issues with the shipyard really remained unsettled, but no one avoided discussing them. “We assumed that the case was moving towards mutual agreement and sending the yacht to Spain”, - the lawyers comment. In particular, the representative of Andrey Melnichenko Alex Andreev told the media that the funds were transferred to a special deposit account until the situation was resolved.

And 9, and even 15.3 million dollars with a total capital of 13 billion do not look serious. But it may be that this is not the only debt associated with yacht "A". Before leaving for the Pyrenees, the ship called for two days at the Norwegian port of Kristianssen. Some commentators do not exclude that the route was specially laid in such a way as to "save" 70 million VAT along the way. A yacht manufactured in Germany for an overseas customer is subject to taxation in the country of operation. This rule was introduced by the German financial service to avoid double taxation. Condition - the country of operation should not be a member of the EU, Norway is quite suitable for this. To get exemption from VAT in Germany, you only need Norwegian signatures and seals confirming your stay in the kingdom.

"In this case, the manufacturer indicates on the invoice the price without VAT and notes the availability of an export delivery", - explain in the Ministry of Finance of Germany. The risk for the manufacturer is that the customer may later “forget” to receive the required papers. In this case, the seller may demand the payment of VAT from the buyer, and then, after submitting the export documents, refund the VAT.

The terms on which yacht "A" was purchased from Nobiskrug were not disclosed. Based on a cost of 400 million euros, the VAT could be approximately 70 million. Representatives of Andrey Melnichenko declare that all tax obligations are being fulfilled, the shipyard has not yet commented on the tax issue. Therefore, the version put forward by Dagens Naerisliv that the ship's entry into Norway is connected precisely with VAT refunds remains only one of many.

This luxury yacht is owned by Vagit Alekperov, president and co-owner of the private oil company LUKOIL. The yacht was built in the Netherlands by Heesen Yachts and delivered in 2016. The boat has already won the Monaco Yacht Show. Now she "hibernates" in Montenegro.

The price of the super-vessel was not disclosed, and there is no information about it in the domestic media. But a Heesen spokesman told Business Insider that yachts in this class are selling for $ 13.2 million per meter. In this case, the Galactica Super Nova should cost somewhere around $ 900 million.

Alekperov can afford such an expensive means of transportation. As Bloomberg calculated, in the past six years alone, it has become richer by $ 3 billion. During their third presidential term, the Russians did well in general, and they built up their fortunes despite Western sanctions.

Eclipse

This is the largest of Roman Abramovich's yachts. Its length is 162.5 m, and the approximate cost is $ 400 million. The motor yacht has a music stage, an exhibition hall, two swimming pools, a gym with a sauna, a cinema and even a small clinic where you can carry out simple operations.

The yacht is currently in Saint Barthélemy - the so-called island of millionaires - in the Caribbean. Several years ago, Abramovich bought 70 acres of land and bungalows with ocean views here. So if Great Britain decides to create problems for the businessman because of the conflict with Russia, the owner of Chelsea Football Club has a lot to retreat.

Dilbar

Owned by the oligarch Alisher Usmanov, the yacht is equipped with a diesel-electric power plant, which allows the vessel to move at a cruising speed of 22.5 knots (about 42 kilometers per hour). Estimated cost - $ 600 million.

The yacht is named after the mother of the founder of USM Holdings, which combines assets in the mining and metallurgy industry.
On March 14, Dilbar passengers sailed from Spain and headed for the island of Sardinia, according to the MarineTraffic vessel tracking map.

Quantum Blue

The cost of the yacht is about $ 250 million. At the end of February, she passed the route from Gibraltar to French Nice.

According to the specialized site SuperYacht Fan, the yacht belongs to the founder of the retail chain Magnit. On board Sergei Galitsky has a helipad, jacuzzi, swimming pool, spa, gym, cinema and an elevator connecting all decks.

“Spending a lot of time on a yacht is overkill. A week is enough for me to miss Krasnodar, ”Galitsky said.

Yacht "A"

For coal tycoon Andrei Melnichenko, size seems to matter. The world's largest "sailboat" with the name from the first letter of the entrepreneur's name was built especially for him. It is longer than a football field.

Owns Melnichenko and Swiss chemical company Eurochem. But it is believed that he spends most of his time not at work, but on a boat worth from $ 300 to $ 500 million.

She can accommodate 14 guests in 7 cabins. There are 20 cabins for 42 crew members.

Recently "A" sailed past Cyprus, and the locals came to see the legendary yacht. Prior to that, she was visiting Israel. Now moored to the Spanish city of Cartagena.

Palladium

The yacht is almost 100 meters long and worth $ 200 million belongs to Mikhail Prokhorov. She visited Ibiza last October and has been wintering in the Spanish port of Vilanova ever since.

The Palladium has 8 cabins and can accommodate 16 guests. Experts note its stylish futuristic design. It was created by Michael Leach Design, UK.

Prokhorov loves water sports, so there is a complete set for them on the yacht.

There is even a special area for drinking cocktails.

Last year, the oligarch's boat caught the attention of the Spanish tax authorities. The case concerned the failure to pay the amount for the yacht's mooring.

Ice

While the Russian senator, accused of tax evasion in France, cannot leave Nice before the end of the trial, his yacht is also imprisoned. Last year, the media reported that Ice could be seized at the request of the Geneva prosecutor's office.

According to government services, the $ 170 million boat has not left Morocco for a long time. But once even Bill Gates wanted to buy the yacht, but Kerimov refused to sell it.

Madam GU

The steel hull of this boat is painted in a unique sky blue color. Until 2015 she was the largest yacht built in the Netherlands. According to rumors, it belongs to State Duma Deputy Andrei Skoch. In any case, journalists have repeatedly noticed him aboard Madam GU. But in the official declaration, this yacht worth $ 150 million does not appear. Possibly framed in the name of relatives or close friends.

Moored by Madam GU in Genoa. Interestingly, the last time it was skated on February 27. Just when the State Duma had a "regional week" on schedule and the deputies had to meet with their voters. It is possible that he invited some of the residents of the Belgorod region, which Skoch represents in the lower chamber, to ride along the Italian coast.

Ocean victory

At the time of this writing, a $ 120 million yacht was sailing from the Seychelles towards Canada. Which is a little strange, since its owner is the head of the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Plant, Viktor Rashnikov. He was recently included in the "Kremlin list" of the US Treasury.

Did he really float to negotiate so that sanctions would not be imposed? After all, the Canadian port of Victoria is located at the very border with the American state of Washington.

Another version - Rashnikov went to recruit Canadian hockey players to move to his own club, Metallurg. If only there were no accidents - a couple of years ago a tragedy struck aboard the luxurious Ocean Victory. An iron chain wrapped around a worker's legs as he raised an anchor in Thailand. The man, who received numerous injuries, lost a lot of blood in a short time and fell into a coma. Doctors transported the victim to the nearest hospital in Phuket, but they could not save his life.

Numeral

180 meters - the length of the world's largest yacht, Azzam, which means "Resolute" in Arabic. The width of the vessel is 20.8 meters. It belongs to the President of the UAE Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Presidential grace

Superyacht Graceful - one of the most mysterious in the world.

They began to build it in Russia, at the state enterprise "Sevmash". This is the largest shipbuilding complex in our country.

After the construction of the original building by "Sevmash" in 2010, it was towed to Bremen, Germany. There the boat was modified, put on the water and sent to Hamburg. The German shipbuilding firm Blohm + Voss completed the outfitting of the vessel in 2014.

On specialized yacht sites they write that "Graceful" is smaller in size (82 meters) than some megayachts, but "is not inferior to them in luxury." It has an indoor pool, which, after certain operations, can be transformed into a dance floor; owner's suite on two floors, two vip cabins and three comfortable guest cabins.

One of the main advantages is the unique helipad on the upper deck, which allows you to comfortably arrive on the yacht.

In the Russian media, despite the domestic origin of Graceful, almost nothing was written about her. Little information can be found in Western publications. Deutsche Welle noted that Graceful was built at the same Hamburg shipyard as Roman Abramovich's yacht. This led the British newspaper The Independent to suggest that the oligarch could have presented the boat as a gift. Indeed, the Daily Mail previously wrote that Abramovich had already donated one ship.

Rumors that Graceful is owned by Putin or someone close to him may be true, according to UK site Superyacht fan, which tracks billionaire acquisitions of superyachts. But the authors make a reservation that they found "only circumstantial evidence." In addition to the above, it is that the yacht is under the command of the captain of the Russian fleet.

The source looked at Graceful's routes and found additional arguments that Putin could float on it. The dates of the ship's departure to sea coincide with the president's schedule.

Maps from the vessel tracking website VesselFinder show that Graceful runs constantly between Russia and Spain. On May 23, 2017, the yacht was sighted off Sochi. On the Fleetphoto website, where users upload their photos of ships, there is even a snapshot of Graceful in the bay.

According to the Kremlin's website, Vladimir Putin spent these May days in Sochi. He had a meeting with members of the Security Council and a meeting on the development of the space industry. Similar coincidences for the simultaneous presence of Putin and Graceful in the Krasnodar Territory have been noted for two years. But not only. On September 15, 2016, the President leaves for Kerch, where he holds a meeting of the State Council Presidium. And Graceful is also going to Crimea.

As of March 14, the yacht was docked in the port of Barcelona. Surrounded by three more boats located in close proximity: Ona, Titan and Symphony. The first belongs to the oligarch Alisher Usmanov, the second to Roman Abramovich, and the third to the president of the Louis Vuitton group of companies Bernard Arnault.

Arnault is the richest man in France. He can be called a friend of Russia. He visits Moscow, and a few months ago Putin even awarded him the Pushkin Medal.

Owner Graceful has signed a confidentiality agreement with Blohm + Voss. However, according to the website Fleetphoto, the owner of the vessel is a company from the Bahamas.

The Bahamas is a famous offshore zone. Thanks to the leak (Bahamas Leaks) it became known that at one time the US-Russian offshore company was headed by the former US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Rosneft also had its share in it.

The company named O'Neil, which is listed as the owner of the yacht Graceful, was registered in the Bahamian jurisdiction in November 2003. Exactly one month earlier, in October, Vladimir Putin signed a decree establishing diplomatic relations with the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. True, the O'Neil status is no longer active.

If a lot of circumstantial evidence is enough to talk about Graceful's belonging to the Russian president, then it has the right to be considered the most valuable in Putin's personal flotilla. Earlier, the source found another "galley" from the head of state - a 46-meter Shellest worth about 1.5 billion rubles. Yacht Graceful is valued at 5.7 billion.

Buy Sell

The owner of the Monaco football club and one of the richest men in Russia, Dmitry Rybolovlev, has ordered the construction of a new 110-meter yacht at the Dutch shipyard Feadship. His last yacht, the 67-meter Anna, he put up for sale at a price of 65 million euros.

But Putin's longtime judo partner Arkady Rotenberg (more precisely, this partner's partner Grigory Baevsky) purchased a Rahil yacht worth $ 60 million. It was originally built for British billionaire Graham de Zille.

One of the world's top yachts, the $ 220 million Pelorus, recently lost a Russian owner. After the divorce, he left her to his ex-wife Irina Roman Abramovich. She sold it, after which the boat changed several owners. Now members of the royal family of Abu Dhabi swim on it.