The media suggest that the vessels have come under anti-Russian sanctions.
The media reports on the detention in Finland of 21 vessels, probably belonging to Russians. Another vessel, which belongs to billionaire Dmitry Pumpyansky, was detained in Gibraltar.
According to the publication Helsingin Sanomat, Finnish customs officers detained vessels that were probably under anti-Russian sanctions. It is assumed that if the information about the Russian ownership of the yachts is confirmed, they will be sent for freezing.
And according to Reuters, the authorities of British Gibraltar detained the yacht Axioma, probably belonging to Pumpyansky.
The ship sails under the flag of Malta, and left the Caribbean, or rather, the island of Antigua, on February 27. Across the Atlantic, the yacht arrived in Gibraltar a month later, on March 21.
Recall, as Topnews wrote, earlier, as part of the sanctions, the vessels of other Russian oligarchs, as well as real estate and accounts were detained.
Sanctions were imposed by the US, the EU and the UK. So, on March 17, the yacht of “kuma” Putin Medvedchuk was detained.
As Bloomberg clarifies, only in one of the EU members – Italy, €780 million of Russian private funds were frozen.