Ukraine News: Abramovich brings luxury yachts to Turkey - and encounters unexpected protests
Created: 03/23/2022, 11:53 am
By: Patricia Huber
Because of the sanctions against Russian oligarchs, Roman Abramovich has brought his yachts to Turkey.
But there the billionaire is struggling with new trouble.
Bodrum - A number of Russian billionaires and oligarchs are in the process of bringing their luxury goods such as yachts or private jets to safety.
Because of the Ukraine war*, these were subject to EU sanctions and may no longer be exported.
This also applies to Roman Abramovich's two mega yachts.
Ukraine-News: Abramovich brings yachts to safety in Turkey
But he knows how to help himself and brings his two ships, the "Eclipse" and the "Solaris", to safety.
"Security" in this case means to Turkish ports.
Because the country has taken a neutral role in relation to the war in Ukraine.
Therefore, the yachts are not detained there, as has already happened in Italy, for example.
While the Turkish authorities have no objections to Abramovich's yachts, there is resistance on the ground.
When the yacht, which, according to reports in the British
Sun
, costs 500 million euros, enters the port of Bodrum, a small inflatable boat gets in the way.
Ukraine-News: Demonstrators get in the way of Abramovich's yacht
It's not about confused tourists who made a couple of wrong turns.
No, the small boat is manned by members of a Ukrainian sailing school, according to
CNN
.
They want to prevent the huge yacht from docking with their risky manoeuvre.
They also hold Ukraine flags in the air, on which "No War" is written.
But the protest was not really successful.
After a short time, the “Solaris” was able to dock in Bodrum.
The coach of the sailing club.
Pavlo Dontsov explained the action to
CNN
: “We hoist our country's flag at many international competitions.
We just want to show everyone who Ukraine is.” The whole team made the decision to block the arrival of Abramovich's yacht.
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