They got the "Moon": the super-yacht of the ex-senator of the Kuban was detained in Germany

In Hamburg, the super-yacht of a businessman and former senator from the Krasnodar Territory Farkhad Akhmedov, who was on the EU sanctions list in April 2022, was detained. it is reported by RBC.

According to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the German Federal Criminal Police Office has established a connection between Akhmedov and a trust in Liechtenstein, through which he owns the 115-meter yacht Luna. A vessel worth more than $400 million has been seized under a sanctions law that orders the freezing of all assets of blacklisted individuals.

Recently, yachts associated with Russian businessmen have been repeatedly detained and arrested.

In particular, the yachts Tango (attributed to Viktor Vekselberg), Valerie (to Sergey Chemezov), Sailing Yacht A (to Andrey Melnichenko), Axioma (to Dmitry Pumpyansky) and Lady Anastasia (Alexander Mikheev), as well as Phi and Crescent, whose owners are not named, were arrested. .

Who is Farhad Akhmedov

The former owner of the gas producing company "Northgas" Farhad Ahmadov in 2004-2007. was a senator from the Krasnodar Territory - represented the regional administration in the Federation Council. When approved in the Legislative Assembly of Kuban, he promised to help attract investment in the region's economy, as well as to develop the gas distribution system.

In February 2005, the senator's Northgas company changed its legal address to the city of Krasnodar in order to pay taxes to the Kuban budget. He also invested his funds in the development of the Krasnaya Polyana resort.

Akhmedov was the first owner of the Gorki Gorod resort and the Gornaya Karusel ski complex, which were built for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. As FORBES magazine wrote, in 2004-2006 he planned to invest about 16 billion rubles in their development.

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In 2006, the businessman sold the project to Magomed Bilalov, the younger brother of the chairman of the board of directors of the North Caucasus Resorts company and vice president of the Olympic Committee, Akhmed Bilalov.

In 2007, Akhmedov gave way to the post of senator from the Krasnodar Territory to Alexander Pochinok.

Forbes estimates the fortune of Farkhad Akhmedov at $1.7 billion (49th place in the rating of Russian billionaires-2022).

"Moon" of a difficult fate

The 115-meter yacht Luna was built by the German shipyard Lloyd Werft in 2010 for businessman Roman Abramovich. At that time, she was the largest expeditionary yacht in the world.

According to the profile resource SuperYachtFan, Farkhad Akhmedov bought Luna in 2014 for $300 million. Another 50 million was invested in expensive repairs, during which it was extended by another 2 meters.

The current value of Luna is estimated by experts from $196 million (Forbes) to $492 million (BLOOMBERG). The vessel is designed for 18 guests and 50 crew members.

As RBC wrote, in 2018, a London COURT ruled to arrest Akhmedov's superyacht because of his divorce proceedings - to ensure payments to his ex-wife. However, a year later, the Court of Appeal in Dubai, where Luna was located, overturned the decision to arrest.

As RBC Krasnodar reported, Russian oligarchs were able to transfer part of their "yacht fleet" to Sochi. Currently, the 65-meter superyacht Rahil is moored there, which is associated with Arkady Rotenberg.

Also in April 2022, the 73-meter superyacht Clio and its escort ship Sputnik, owned by Oleg Deripaska, arrived at the port of Imeretin.