Here are the superyachts seized from Russian oligarchs
As part of an international pressure campaign on Russia, authorities from around the world have seized more than a half-dozen superyachts belonging to billionaire oligarchs allied with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The yacht seizures since the Feb. 24 invasion are "just the beginning," White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in March, as an international task force worked to identify further assets that can be seized or frozen.
“The Justice Department will be relentless in our efforts to hold accountable those who facilitate the death and destruction we are witnessing in Ukraine,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said of the ongoing efforts in May.
Here are the superyachts government officials have seized since Russia invaded Ukraine last month.
![russian ocean way yacht Image: The Amadea anchored at a pier in Pasatarlasi on Feb. 18, 2020 in Bodrum, Turkey.](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2022-05/220505-amadea-yacht-se-204p-7c6320.jpg)
The Justice Department announced May 5 that the Fijian government had seized billionaire oligarch Suleiman Kerimov 's 348-foot yacht Amadea. The vessel, which is valued at more than $300 million , arrived in Fiji last month. Kerimov, who's worth an estimated $14 billion and has ties to the Russian government, was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department over alleged money laundering in 2018.
Special features on the sprawling yacht include a helipad, infinity pool, a jacuzzi and multiple bars, according to a report in Boat International . It can accommodate 16 overnight guests in addition to 36 crew members, the report said.
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In April, Spanish law-enforcement officials seized a 255-foot yacht called the Tango, which Justice Department says is owned by oligarch Viktor Vekselberg. Vekselberg is an aluminum magnate who the Treasury Department says has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Tango is worth an estimated $90 million, prosecutors said , and Vekselberg allegedly purchased it through shell companies. The 11-year-old yacht has seven staterooms and reportedly includes amenities such as a pool, gym and beauty salon .
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Authorities in Italy seized a 215-foot superyacht called the Lady M this month. It's owned by Alexei Mordashov, Russia's richest businessman, and it’s estimated to be worth $27 million . The vessel, which requires a crew of 14, has six guest cabins , a pool and a gym.
But it pales in comparison to another of Mordashov's yachts, the $500 million Nord . The 464-foot vessel, which has two helipads and a waterfall and can accommodate 36 guests, was anchored this month in the Seychelles, where the U.S. and European Union sanctions don’t apply.
![russian ocean way yacht Image: The yacht "Lena", belonging to Gennady Timchenko, an oligarch close to Russian President, in the port of San Remo on on March 5, 2022 .](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2022-03/220316-Gennady-Timchenko-yacht-lena-ew-322p-f1c00c.jpg)
Italian officials also seized the 132-foot superyacht Lena, owned by the energy magnate Gennady Timchenko. Estimated to be worth $8 million, it has five cabins and can accommodate 10 guests.
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SY A — short for Sailing Yacht A — is one of the world's largest superyachts. Valued at over $440 million, the 469-foot vessel, owned by the fertilizer magnate Andrey Melnichenko, has eight decks, multiple elevators, an underwater observation area and the world's tallest masts . It was seized in the Italian port of Trieste.
![russian ocean way yacht Image: The 85m long yacht "Valerie", linked to Rostec defense firm chief Sergei Chemezov, moored in the port of Barcelona, on March 15, 2022.](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2022-03/220315-oligarch-yacht-mb-1312-e6fd6d.jpg)
Authorities in Spain seized Sergei Chemezov's Valerie, a 279-foot superyacht that had been moored in Barcelona. Chemezov , a former KGB officer, heads the state conglomerate Rostec. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez touted the seizure on La Sexta television. “We are talking about a yacht that we estimate is worth $140 million,” Sanchez said.
![russian ocean way yacht Image: Amore Vero, a yacht owned by a company linked to Igor Sechin, chief executive of Russian energy giant Rosneft, in a shipyard in La Ciotat, near Marseille, southern France, on March 3, 2022.](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2022-03/220303-amore-vero-al-0944-69d0a7.jpg)
Officials in France announced this month that they had seized the 289-foot Amore Vero, which was undergoing repairs in a shipyard near Marseille. When they arrived, authorities said, they found the crew preparing for an urgent departure, even though the repair work was scheduled to last through April. The $120 million boat, which has seven cabins , is linked to Igor Sechin, described by the U.S. Treasury Department as a close ally of Putin's.
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Dareh Gregorian is a politics reporter for NBC News.
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Sharks in the Pacific: The Unprecedented Sinking of the Russian Ocean Way - TION
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Sharks in the Pacific: The Unprecedented Sinking of the Russian Ocean Way – TION
The vast, serene expanse of the Pacific Ocean hides many mysteries, but none as dramatic as the recent sinking of the catamaran, Russian Ocean Way – TION. This vessel, which was on a global expedition, met an unexpected adversary: sharks. A tale of survival, determination, and the unpredictable nature of the sea unfolds.
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The First Strike
On September 4th, the tranquil waters of the Pacific were disrupted when sharks attacked the catamaran, severely damaging its rear-left pontoon. This led to the pontoon being completely submerged. Julia Kalyuzhnaya, the expedition’s shore team leader, speculated that the sharks might have mistaken the pontoon for some marine mammal, prompting the attack. “These are cookie-cutter sharks, prevalent in the Coral Sea. Their interaction with inflatable pontoons, like the one on the Russian Ocean Way – TION, is undocumented because no one has ventured into these waters on such a vessel before,” she explained.
A Second Assault
Despite the initial damage, the catamaran managed to cover about a hundred miles over the next day. However, as dusk approached on September 5th, the sharks returned, this time targeting the right pontoon. With both pontoons compromised, the vessel began to sink, prompting the crew to send out an SOS signal. Within 45 minutes, the cargo ship Dugong Ace came to their rescue.
Iscelus brasiliensis
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The cookie-cutter shark, scientifically known as Iscelus brasiliensis , is a unique species of small shark that is part of the family Dalatiidae. Here are some key characteristics and interesting facts about this fascinating creature:
- Appearance: The cookie-cutter shark gets its name from the distinctive, round wounds it leaves on its prey. These wounds look as though they’ve been made by a cookie cutter.
- Size: They are relatively small, with mature individuals typically measuring around 20 inches (50 cm) for males and up to 22 inches (56 cm) for females.
- Habitat: Cookie-cutter sharks are deep-water sharks, often found at depths of 1,000 to 4,000 meters. However, they are known to come closer to the surface during the night.
- Feeding Mechanism: Unlike many other sharks that tear chunks out of their prey, the cookie-cutter shark attaches itself to its target using its lips and then extracts a plug of flesh using its sharp, serrated teeth. This results in a crater-like wound.
- Diet: They feed on larger marine animals, including other sharks, seals, whales, and large fish. The wounds they inflict are typically not fatal to their victims.
- Bioluminescence: The cookie-cutter shark has light-producing organs called photophores on its belly. This bioluminescence is believed to help them attract prey. The glow from their underside can make them appear smaller and less threatening to potential prey swimming beneath them.
- Distribution: They are found in warm, oceanic waters worldwide, especially near islands.
- Reproduction: Cookie-cutter sharks are ovoviviparous, meaning the female retains the eggs inside her body until they hatch, after which she gives birth to live young.
The cookie-cutter shark’s unique feeding strategy and its resulting signature wounds on marine animals have made it a subject of interest for marine biologists and researchers.
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A Journey Fraught with Challenges
The global expedition, part of the “Following the Path of Russian Circumnavigators” project, began in July 2021. Spearheaded by Evgeny Kovalevsky and Stanislav Berezkin, the journey was no stranger to challenges. The trimaran they initially set out on required repairs at almost every stop.
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In March 2023, while in the Pacific, the trimaran’s steering mechanism broke. Setting sail from the Chilean port of Talcahuano in late February 2023, the crew faced a storm in mid-March. Post-storm, they discovered the severe damage to the steering mechanism. Unable to repair it themselves, they sent out a distress signal. The cargo ship Sounion, with a Ukrainian-Filipino crew, responded. The rescue was perilous, with the trimaran being tossed about by the waves, making the transfer to the cargo ship a dangerous endeavor. “The trimaran was being thrown about three meters by the waves. To get onto the ladder dropped from the deck, we had to wait for the trimaran to be lifted by a wave. We had less than a second to grab the ladder before the cargo ship’s side shot upwards, and the trimaran dropped and bounced away,” recounted Stanislav Berezkin, the Russian vessel’s captain.
Once aboard the Sounion, the crew learned that their rescuers were Ukrainians. The cargo ship initially towed the trimaran, but it eventually broke free and sank.
Following this, Kovalevsky and Berezkin continued their expedition on a catamaran owned by Dmitry Trubitsin. After some modifications, it was renamed Russian Ocean Way – TION.
Lessons from the Deep
The ocean, with all its beauty, is unpredictable. The Russian Ocean Way – TION’s encounter with sharks is a stark reminder of the sea’s mysteries and might. For sailors and adventurers, it underscores the importance of preparedness, resilience, and respect for the ocean’s inhabitants. As we venture into the waters, let’s remember that we are but visitors in the vast marine world, and the sea always has stories to tell, some awe-inspiring, others cautionary.
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RUSSIAN OCEAN WAY
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MMSI | 273296360 |
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Status | Active |
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Trip Time | 9 days |
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Trip Distance | 123.89 nm |
AVG Speed | 3 Knots |
MAX Speed | 3.6 Knots |
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AVG Wind | 3.9 knots |
MAX Wind | 19.8 knots |
MIN Temp | 8°C / 46.4°F |
MAX Temp | 12.3°C / 54.14°F |
Position Received | 2022-10-31 20:29 |
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Longitude | -58.55168° |
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Latitude | -34.43561° |
Status | Default |
Speed | 7.6 Knots |
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Area | Rio de La Plata |
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Position Received | 2022-10-31 20:29 |
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The US wants a Russian oligarch's seized $300 million superyacht that features an infinity pool, a movie theater, and a helicopter landing pad
- The US has filed a civil forfeiture case against a $300 million superyacht it alleges is owned by a Russian oligarch.
- The 348-foot luxury ship Amadea was bought by billionaire Suleiman Kerimov in September 2021, years after he was sanctioned, US officials say.
- Eduard Khudainatov, another Russian oligarch, filed legal papers saying he owns the superyacht instead.
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Federal attorneys want to have a Russian oligarch's $300 million superyacht forfeited to the US, over a year after it was first seized by Fiji authorities after the war with Ukraine broke out.
US Attorney Damian Williams on Monday filed a civil forfeiture complaint against the Amadea, an extravagant 348-foot-long luxury ship that US officials allege is owned by billionaire Suleiman Kerimov.
The Amadea features a helicopter pad on its foredeck, a mosaic-lined swimming pool at the rear, fire pits, and an indoor movie theater, according to CharterWorld Luxury Yacht Charters .
Kerimov was initially sanctioned in 2018 over his ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Williams wrote in court filings. Yet in 2021, he worked out a deal to buy the yacht through a series of corporate entities to obscure who owned the vessel and violated sanctions by having more than $1 million in maintenance work done on the ship, the court documents allege.
The yacht was initially seized by Fiji authorities after it raced into the Pacific Ocean when the war with Ukraine broke out, according to a BBC report published in November 2022.
US prosecutor Andrew Adams told the BBC that authorities noticed the vessel "scrambling out of waters where we would normally be able to seize it" just weeks after Russian forces invaded Ukraine.
"Essentially, the boat tried to go dark," Adams said in an interview.
The BBC reported that US officials believed the ship was going to race for Vladivostok, a Russian port near North Korea, when it was seized in Fiji.
The ship was then seized by the US Department of Justice and moved to California where it remains docked.
However, lawyers for a separate Russian oligarch claiming to own the yacht — Eduard Khudainatov, who hasn't been sanctioned — filed legal papers in a Fiji court last year , seeking to have the boat turned back over.
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Khudainatov's lawyers told Bloomberg that they've filed a lawsuit in San Diego, California as well seeking to get the superyacht back.
A representative for Khudainatov's lawyers referred Insider to the filing.
The legal wrangling surrounding the Amadea underscores the challenges over determining the actual owner of a superyacht due to a complex ownership structure that could include shell companies, Insider reported in March last year.
It also prolongs the process of determining the next steps surrounding the yachts — which are sitting around and racking up millions of dollars in annual maintenance fees.
In April last year, the US Justice Department estimated the yacht's running costs mount up to between $25 million and $30 million a year.
The US complaint against the Amadea on Monday marks the latest development over the seizure of Russian assets after Moscow invaded Ukraine.
Forbes estimated in April that Western countries have frozen or seized at least 15 superyachts linked to sanctioned Russian billionaires.
Seized yachts include the $120 million Alfa Nero that has been docked in the small Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda since February last year and the $735 million Dilbar , which has been impounded in Germany.
Governments that have seized Russian property are seeking to take over their ownership — and this would require authorities to prove that the assets were part of a crime. They are considering using the interest generated from frozen Russian assets to help rebuild Ukraine .
October 24, 12.06 a.m. EDT: This story has been updated to include details of the Fiji complaint and adds background information on seized Russian yachts.
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Sailors rescued from Coral Sea after sharks sank inflatable boat vow to continue voyage
The Russian and French crew of an inflatable catamaran sunk by sharks in the Coral Sea are thankful to have reached dry land after a dramatic rescue and several weeks at sea.
Key points:
- The three sailors from the Tion-Russian Ocean Way say they will continue their circumnavigation attempt
- They have now lost two boats since they left Russia in July 2021
- The sailors say they only recently learned of the danger of cookie-cutter sharks
The 9-metre Tion-Russian Ocean Way was deflated on Wednesday morning by cookie-cutter sharks during a Russian Geographical Society circumnavigation attempt to honour the country's great navigators.
The sailors were cleared by customs in Mooloolaba this morning.
Expeditioner Evgeny Kovalevskiy estimated "tens of sharks" were biting the boat before it was punctured.
The sponsons – the inflatable catamaran hulls — have four separate chambers inside to ensure the craft stays afloat if one or more is punctured.
"We see that air is less and less," Mr Kovalevskiy said.
The stern chambers on the port-side sponson were the first to deflate, rendering one of the two rudders useless.
"But when they attack the right balloon, it was finished — and we try to sink like the Titanic," Mr Kovalevskiy said
'You remember Titanic?'
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority coordinated a rescue early on Wednesday after the expeditioners set off an emergency beacon.
A passing car carrier, Dugong Ace, plucked the sailors from their stricken vessel.
"If the Panama cargo ship Dugong Ace would come later, maybe in two or three hours — you remember Titanic?" Mr Kovalevskiy said.
"So we could manage to get help and not die."
While they were waiting to be rescued, the crew collected important belongings, clothes, solar panels, batteries and generators, while trying to reinflate the sponsons.
"It's possible to keep floating more if you're pumping," Mr Kovalevskiy said.
"It was extremely unusual — we lost the boat.
"This is a catastrophic.
"We are still in great depression -- we're just shocked."
'Go home! Go home!'
Sailor Stanislav Berezkin said he was happy to be alive and back on dry land.
"I can only think about saving [our lives] -- I don't remember how I felt," he said.
"The cargo ship came very quickly.
"I think we were lucky."
Mr Berezkin spoke to his wife from the cargo ship.
"My wife told me, 'Go home! Go home!' and I say 'No, no, no we continue,'" he said.
French vineyard worker and traveller Vincent Bauge, who joined the team in Tahiti, was woken by Mr Berezkin when the boat started sinking.
"If you are nervous, it's worse — keep safe and do what you have to do," Mr Bauge said.
"There's no time to be scared."
He said the cargo ship appeared like a big apartment block in the night.
Mr Bauge will stay in Australia a few months before returning to his own boat in Tahiti.
The catamaran cutters
Mr Kovalevskiy said the crew became aware of the cookie-cutter sharks hazard only recently.
On the Atlantic Ocean much earlier in the expedition they had a satellite phone with the society in Russia about the mysterious circular bites appearing in their boat.
"They attack whales, dolphins and big tuna," Mr Kovalevskiy.
"When the inflatable boat is moving it vibrates, like a whale vibration, and the sharks, they're feeling this vibration and attack in the deep night, usually, from 2,000 meters deep.
"When we were crossing French Polynesia's many islands there were many shark attacks."
The crew repaired about 20 bite marks in French Polynesia, none of which had penetrated the hull.
"We actually don't feel the bump because our weight is two tonnes and the shark is very small," Mr Kovalevskiy said.
"Before this, nobody knows that inflatable boats could be attacked by sharks."
Australian Museum Ichthyology collection manager Amanda Hay said the cookie-cutter shark was an opportunistic parasite.
"If you ever see a whale or a dolphin washed up on the beach, you'll see little perfectly round-shaped plugs taken out of the flesh, and that's due to the cookie-cutter shark," she said.
"They've got fleshy lips and the top teeth are really short and fine and sharp.
"The bottom teeth are much more broadly triangulated and overlap.
"They latch on with the front teeth and form a suction with the lips, and then they swirl around and take a perfectly round cookie shape … out of their victim."
'I am Terminator'
The Russian sailors said they were not afraid to continue their journey.
Mr Kovalevskiy, 66, said they expect to stay in Australia for up to two months to plan a way forward.
"We are adventurers — I am Terminator," he said.
"We are ready for such a situation.
"When you're completely just smashed into nothing, it's most important to stand up again.
"Our destiny is very important — this is history, this is the glory of Russia.
"This is a geographical lesson for the school children and the main mission is friendship amongst the people.
"In extreme adventure is normal that something happens all the time."
The crew's next tasks are to make videos for Russian TV and to prepare material for the schools in Russia that are following the journey.
'We are absolutely normal'
The sailors were aiming to set a Guinness World Record for circumnavigation by inflatable boat — a feat as yet unrecorded.
"When you live real life, this looks unusual and people say, 'Oh you're crazy'," Mr Kovalevskiy said.
"You have to realise your destination.
"If the Creator sent you an opportunity to be scientists, you should be scientists.
"If He told you that you should be an artist, you should be an artist.
"If you are an artist and you feel like you're like an engineer, you're crazy.
"We are absolutely normal.
"It was very important that we repeat the way that 200 years ago the first Russian circumnavigators made."
The journey
The voyage left St Petersburg in July 2021 with an aim to "follow the paths of Russian explorers".
The men are part of the Tomsk Regional Branch of a non-government Russian Geographical Society.
Their last time on land was when they left Efate, Vanuatu, on August 28, after 10 days of making repairs.
Repairs included repairing cookie-cutter shark bites, according to the Russian Geographical Society blog.
"During the inspection of the catamaran, many bite marks of small 'cigar' sharks were found. It's good that they don't have enough strength to bite through the dense material," writer Alexander Zhirnov says.
Cigar shark is another name for the cookie-cutter shark.
Unfortunately the sharks did eventually find the strength to bite through the sponsons in the Coral Sea, leading to the rescue.
Second boat
They had only been on the boat — their second craft — a few months after stepping aboard on Easter Island on April 25.
It came after the rescue of their original boat — the inflatable trimaran Russian Ocean Way in the Pacific in March.
The steering failed on March 16 and they called for help.
They were rescued by the bulk carrier Sounion, which failed in attempts to tow the trimaran, but brought the sailors, and one of the temporary Brazilian crew member's dogs, to Punta Arenas.
By pure serendipity, a Russian man on Easter Island made contact and had in storage a 9m x 4.3m blue inflatable catamaran made by the same manufacturer.
After arrival on Easter Island, they successfully sailed this new Tion-Russian Ocean Way about 10,000 kilometres until the cookie-cutter sharks finally chewed through the sponsons.
The journey has taken them from Russia to Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Canary Islands, across the South Atlantic Ocean to Cabo Verde, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, through the Straits of Magellan to Chile, across the Pacific Ocean to Tahiti, Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu, and now Australia.
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The law of the sea is stronger than any war. In the South Pacific, a Ukrainian manned ship rescued the Russian trimaran “ Russian Ocean Way” which, following a storm, was drifting ungovernable with a broken rudder.
Ukrainian ship rescues Russian trimaran
The inflatable sailing trimaran, engaged in circumnavigating the globe in the footsteps of the great Russian navigators, had set sail with its crew of three Russians in July 2021 from Kronstadt. He had traveled more than 13,000 miles so far: at the end of February, he had set sail from the Chilean port of Talcahuano in the direction of Easter Island. In the middle of the South Pacific in mid-March, the storm and rudder failure, impossible to repair.
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All seemed lost, the South American coast was now more than 1,000 miles away, the crew radioed SOS. Responding was the Panamanian-flagged commercial vessel Sounion (a bulk carrier, i.e., a ship used to carry non-liquid, non-unitarized cargo in containers or pallets) with a Ukrainian-Philippine crew.
Rescue not easy
After a five-hour search at sea, made even more difficult by weather conditions, with waves more than three meters high, the rescue was successful: “ To get to the ladder dropped from the deck, it was necessary to wait until the trimaran managed to parse alongside the ship. We had only a few seconds to grab the biscagline and jump on it ” recounted trimaran skipper Stanislav Berezkin. The operation took about two hours-the fact that the Ukrainian captain of the Sounion spoke good Russian made it easier.
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Once the crew was recovered, the Ukrainian ship hooked up and tried to tow the trimaran, but there was nothing they could do. As TASS reports, the multihull sank. The Sounion s then headed toward the coast of Chile. Only after the operation was over did the Russian Ocean Way crew realize they had been rescued by Ukrainian sailors. The captain of the Sounion, who asked to remain anonymous, is originally from Mariupol, which he abandoned as a result of Russian bombing.
A Russian crew member told reporters, “ I was in a place where there are no races and nationalities, where you are helped regardless of the language you speak, the color of your skin. At sea, we are all at the same distance from God, at arm’s length. The one who saves you “.
The Sounion arrived in Punta Arenas, Chile, on March 25.
The Russian sailors told TASS that they will continue their circumnavigation in April aboard a catamaran (also inflatable) loaned to them by another Russian sailor, Dmitry Trubitsyn.
The circumnavigation of Russian Ocean Way
On July 1, 2021, Siberian navigators Evgeny Kovalevsky and Stanislav Berezkin set off along the route of the first Russian expeditions around the world in the 19th century: Ivan Krusenstern (1803-1806), Yuri Lisyansky (1803-1806), Otto Kotzebue (1815-1818, 1823-1826), Vasily Golovnin (1817-1819), Fyodor Litke (1826-1829), Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev (1819-1921). The Tomsk Regional Section of the Russian Geographical Society’s international project “Following the Russian circumnavigators” is dedicated to the 250th anniversary of Krusenstern and the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica by Russian sailors.
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