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Antigua and Barbuda to auction off $81m yacht ‘owned by Russian oligarch’

Andrey Guryev, who has been put under UK government sanctions, claims he is not owner of Alfa Nero

An $81m (£67m) superyacht said to be owned by the sanctioned Russian oligarch Andrey Guryev is to be auctioned off by the government of Antigua and Barbuda, which claims the vessel has been abandoned in the Caribbean since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year.

The government of Antigua and Barbuda on Monday warned the owner of the Alfa Nero superyacht that they had 10 days to claim the vessel or it would be sold to the highest bidder.

The information minister, Melford Nicholas, said Alfa Nero had been abandoned in Falmouth harbour in Antigua since February 2022 and the government was “trying to prevent a future hazard since the luxury vessel is not being maintained by its owner”.

In a statement the office of the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda said: “A notice to the newspapers and other media will be published for a period of 10 days, notifying the sale of the Alfa Nero vessel in order to satisfy the requirements under the law for a forced sale. If the owner fails to claim the vessel within that time period, the government of Antigua and Barbuda will sell it to the highest bidder.”

Guryev, 62, who made a $10bn fortune from the Russian fertiliser company PhosAgro, is the owner of Alfa Nero according to the US government, which imposed sanctions on him last year. The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said it had “identified Alfa Nero, a Cayman islands flagged yacht that AG Guryev reportedly bought for $120m in 2014, as blocked property of AG Guryev”.

The yacht, which features a 12-metre infinity pool, a Jacuzzi, a spa, a beauty room and a helipad, has been used by Guryev’s family, including his son (also Andrey) and his son’s wife, Valeria, who studied at the London College of Fashion and once reportedly stated on Instagram that she was “too pretty for work”. Like many yachts, it is owned via an opaque offshore structure, and Guryev has denied being the owner.

Guryev, who was subjected to UK government sanctions in April 2022 , is also, according to the OFAC, the owner of London’s largest private residence: the 25-bedroom £50m Highgate mansion Witanhurst.

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The property is officially owned via Boradge Ltd, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Guryev’s London-based lawyers have said “Mr Guryev does not own Witanhurst”, without providing further details. Guryev’s spokesperson has previously told the New Yorker that he was a beneficiary of a trust owning the property but not the legal owner.

Last year Gibraltar auctioned off the £65m superyacht Axioma owned by the sanctioned steel billionaire Dmitry Pumpyansky. The sale of Axioma attracted controversy because it is being sold not for the benefit of the Ukrainian people but for a US investment bank, JP Morgan, which claims Pumpyansky owes it more than €20.5m (£17m).

Pumpyansky was until March of 2022 the owner and chairman of the steel pipe manufacturer OAO TMK, a supplier to the Russian state-owned energy company Gazprom. The UK said the billionaire, who it said had built up an estimated £1.84bn fortune, was one of the oligarchs “closest to Putin” .

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“A notice to the newspapers and other media will be published for a period of 10 days, notifying the sale of the Alfa Nero vessel in order to satisfy the requirements under the law for a forced sale,” a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda read. “If the owner fails to claim the vessel within that time period, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda will sell it to the highest bidder.”

Delivered in 2007 by Oceanco, Alfa Nero features a striking exterior by Nuvolari Lenard and interior styling by Alberto Pinto that together have landed the yacht a number of awards. The beautiful behemoth notably features six staterooms, accommodation for 28 crew, a hydraulically operated pool and a large helipad aft. Alfa Nero was sold in 2011 to its current owner with an asking price of $115 million, according to Marine Industry News . The Guardian has previously reported that the yacht is linked to the Russian oligarch (and Putin ally) Andrey Guryev.

The Antigua and Barbuda government reportedly consulted with the US authorities prior to taking the action. During a media briefing, Information Minister Melford Nicholas told reporters that any proceeds from the sale of Alfa Nero would remain in the Antiguan government’s hands, but the US could request access to the funds in the future.

Rachel Cormack is a digital editor at Robb Report. She cut her teeth writing for HuffPost, Concrete Playground, and several other online publications in Australia, before moving to New York at the…

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Billionaire Eric Schmidt just paid $68 million for a Russian oligarch’s sanctioned superyacht that features a helipad and baby grand piano

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt bought the Alfa Nero superyacht that was ditched in Antigua in March 2022 after Russian troops invaded Ukraine.

The billionaire “won the auction this morning in a fully transparent process,” buying the vessel for $67.6 million, according to Sir Ronald Sanders, Antigua’s ambassador to the US. 

The 267-foot vessel, complete with a baby grand piano and a swimming pool that turns into a helipad, was abandoned in Antigua’s Falmouth Harbour after the US Treasury sanctioned Russian fertilizer billionaire Andrey Guryev. The department last year said he bought the Alfa Nero in 2014 for $120 million — which he denies.

Schmidt’s foundation didn’t respond to a request for comment.

The Alfa Nero was auctioned Friday even after Guryev’s daughter filed a last-minute injunction claiming the yacht was hers, Antigua Port Manager Darwin Telemaque said in an interview. 

Some of the proceeds will cover maintenance and other bills that the Alfa Nero has piled up while in the harbor, with crew expenses alone running $112,000 a month. Telemaque said the sale price would cover “all liabilities.”

Since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, the US and its allies have imposed sanctions on many of the country’s wealthiest people, causing more than two dozen superyachts worth about $4 billion to be frozen in ports around the world.

Schmidt, who served as Google’s chief executive for about a decade, has an estimated net worth of $25 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Two years ago he was  named  chair of the Broad Institute, a research organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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The daughter of a sanctioned Russian billionaire says she's the true owner of a $68 million superyacht bought by ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt

  • Eric Schmidt bought a superyacht linked to a sanctioned Russian billionaire at auction in June.
  • The Russian mogul has denied owning the vessel – but his daughter now says she's its true owner.
  • She filed an appeal after her previous attempt to stop the auction failed, Bloomberg reported.

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently paid $67.6 million for a stranded superyacht that has been linked to a sanctioned Russian billionaire. The Russian chemical mogul's daughter now says she's its true owner and wants it back, according to a report by Bloomberg .

Schmidt bought the 267-foot Alfa Nero at auction last month . The US Treasury said that the yacht was bought by Andrey Guryev for $120 million in 2014 and Antigua and Barbuda said in a March 2023 notice that the vessel that it was "owned/controlled" by Guryev, but the billionaire has repeatedly denied being the owner .

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A legal representative for Guryev told Bloomberg in March that he "neither owns nor controls the Alfa Nero and has simply used the vessel from time to time under commercial charter since 2014."

Guryev, whose wealth  Bloomberg estimates to be at $9.75 billion, is the co-founder and largest shareholder of fertilizer giant PhosAgro. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine he was sanctioned by the US Treasury, which described him as a "known close associate" of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Guryev was also sanctioned by the UK , and his son was sanctioned by the US , the EU , and the UK .

Alfa Nero had been anchored by the Caribbean island of Antigua since last spring, and FBI agents searched the vessel in August . Local authorities say the yacht was abandoned . Antigua and Barbuda took control of the vessel this April, and mounting crew expenses left authorities eager to auction it off .

But on Wednesday, lawyers for Guryev's daughter Yulia Gurieva-Motlokhov filed an appeal saying that she was the vessel's true owner, Bloomberg reported.

She said in a filing that she was the "sole adult discretionary beneficiary of the 'Tyne Trust' and 'Flagstaff Trust,'" which own two companies that own both the Alfa Nero and the artwork on board, per Bloomberg. Her previous attempt to stop the auction had failed, Bloomberg reported.

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Russia superyacht symbolises challenge of seizing assets

  • Published 20 September 2023

The Alfa Nero superyacht moored in Antigua's Falmouth Harbour

A legal battle over who owns a luxury superyacht symbolises the difficulties of seizing Russian assets since the war in Ukraine started.

When BBC reporters investigated the case of the £54m Alfa Nero, it led them to a British firm whose lawful help allows a Russian oligarch to claim that such mega-assets do not really belong to him at all.

This week a court case resumes in Antigua. It was launched by the daughter of Russian billionaire Andrey Guryev to challenge the seizure of the Alfa Nero superyacht.

The island's government wants to sell the vessel and keep the proceeds. It even changed the law ahead of auctioning the yacht off last June.

It was eventually purchased by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt for £54m, but he has now withdrawn his bid amid a flurry of legal challenges, including the one from Mr Guryev's daughter.

She claims she is the sole adult beneficiary of the trust that owns the yacht, rather than her billionaire father.

Investigating that challenge led the BBC to uncover some £500m worth of assets connected to the sanctioned billionaire.

It also helped reveal how trust structures lawfully managed by a British firm over many years allow Mr Guryev to claim, by the time he was sanctioned, that the yachts and London properties we have identified do not belong to him at all.

The Kremlin connection

On a tour in Antigua's exclusive Falmouth Harbour, a port employee is open to talking about the Alfa Nero's many features, but when we ask who used to own it, his tone changes.

"I don't know," he says, as he looks down at the gleaming, teak deck.

Before the yacht was seized in April, the US government said it belonged to Mr Guryev, whom it called a "known close associate" of Vladimir Putin.

The US Treasury says Mr Guryev is part of a group of "Kremlin-connected elites" who "generate substantial revenue for the Russian regime".

Mr Guryev earned his wealth from PhosAgro, a fertiliser company he co-founded following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Andrey Guryev (left) is pictured with Vladimir Putin at an event in 2020

By the time PhosAgro listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2011, Mr Guryev had bought Witanhurst Estate, a dilapidated Georgian mansion he transformed into one of London's most expensive properties, estimated to be worth £300m.

Companies House filings submitted in May 2023 show Witanhurst Estate, along with the Alfa Nero, is actually connected to the Guryev family through an address in Guernsey, a British crown dependency.

And they are not the only incredibly valuable assets linked to this same address in the Channel Islands.

The Luminosity is one of the world's biggest hybrid superyachts, measuring in at 353ft (107.5m). It has its own helipad plus a separate swimming pool and jacuzzi, along with dozens of staff.

Shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine began, the Luminosity left port in northern Italy, arriving in non-EU Montenegro on 10 March.

That was the day after Mr Guryev's son was sanctioned by the EU.

When a government inspector boarded, they discovered that this huge vessel was also linked to the same address in Guernsey.

'Not our client'

When you travel to that address, you find the unassuming offices of a wealth manager called Opus Private.

On its website, the firm said it helped "some of the world's wealthiest individuals manage and protect their assets".

Along with a number of other properties, including a £50m London penthouse, we established a total Guryev family portfolio worth over £500m, all linked to this one firm.

We have also seen documents showing the relationship has been going on for at least a decade.

Back in Antigua, that relationship with at least some members of the Guryev family continues.

Court documents we have seen show Opus Private was involved in a legal action that failed to stop the Alfa Nero initially being auctioned off.

It is important to note that it is legal to keep working for a sanctioned individual, with government permission, and Mr Guryev's daughter has not been sanctioned by the UK, EU or US.

The court documents detail how ownership of the superyacht is tied up in a trust, which a judge in Antigua suggested Mr Guryev still exercised a degree of control over.

We know there has been a change in the beneficiaries of the trust, but we cannot independently determine when it happened. If it was after sanctions were imposed, it would be unlawful; if it was before, it would not.

Both Mr Guryev's daughter and Opus told us it happened before her father was sanctioned.

Opus also insisted that Mr Guryev was not their client as he was no longer a beneficiary of the trust.

But the firm says it has made UK and Guernsey authorities aware of the trust assets it treats as frozen in line with UK sanctions against Mr Guryev. It says it treats these assets as frozen because, while Mr Guryev is not a beneficiary of the trust, he is deemed to have "control" over it under UK sanctions law.

A very different approach in Ukraine

These assets are being watched closely in Ukraine, where the cost of war damage is estimated at more than £300bn, and rising.

"We've been quite intensively confiscating assets belonging to Russian individuals," says Vlad Vlasiuk, a sanctions adviser to Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky.

Not only has Ukraine sanctioned around 9,000 people and companies, it has gone further than most of its allies in moving from freezing to seizing assets. Among those sanctioned by Ukraine are Mr Guryev, his son, wife and daughter.

"We think that Mr Putin is weaponising the fertiliser [industry] and threatening the whole of the world in terms of global food security. We don't want that to happen," Mr Vlasiuk says.

Since the sanctions were imposed, Guryev Snr and Jnr have both resigned their positions at PhosAgro, but the family remains major shareholders.

The company - which operates globally - has made record sales since the invasion, and Guryev Jnr even met President Putin in April to discuss the fertiliser industry.

An aerial view of the Witanhurst Estate in north London

Mr Vlasyiuk would like to see the UK go further when it comes to frozen assets linked to Mr Guryev: "I think those assets should be confiscated and then transferred to Ukraine."

They include the Witanhurst Estate and a five-storey penthouse with views across the River Thames, estimated to be worth £50m.

"Those monies would be very much used to rebuild Ukraine and that would also send a strong message," he says.

The UK government's position is to hold on to frozen assets until Russia pays compensation for the war damage it has caused in Ukraine.

The two departments responsible for sanctions, the Treasury and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, did not respond to specific questions about the Guryev family's UK-based assets.

A spokesman for Mr Guryev said there was no "proper or legitimate basis" for the sanctions against him.

Opus Private told us: "Trusts are legal structures, and their use is lawful. Opus provides trust services to, and for the benefit of, the discretionary beneficiaries of the trust structure."

"It provides those trust services in compliance with all applicable laws," it said.

Additional reporting by Yordan Tsalov

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Alfa Nero is spacious and packed with things to do making her fully primed for guests seeking a luxury charter at sea.

The 81.27m/266'8" 'Alfa Nero' motor yacht built by the Dutch shipyard Oceanco is available for charter for up to 12 guests in 6 cabins. This multi-award winning yacht features interior styling by Alberto Pinto.

With an abundance of space and superlative amenities across her luxurious decks, you'll be spoilt for choice on a luxury yacht charter aboard Alfa Nero. Her features include a dancefloor, beauty salon, spa, elevator, beach club and gym.

Exterior Design

Alfa Nero won numerous design awards for her innovative approach to superyacht living, including her huge beach club area and swimming pool on the aft deck conceived by exterior designer Carlo Nuvolari, a design now incorporated into many subsequent yachts.

Interior Design

The interior, by Alberto Pinto, blends elegant understatement with pop art and features a staircase that wraps around a glass lift shaft.

Guest Accommodation

Built in 2007, Alfa Nero offers guest accommodation for up to 12 guests in 6 suites comprising a master suite, two VIP cabins and three twin cabins. Excellent service is guaranteed, with twenty-six crew members on board to look after your every need.

Onboard Comfort & Entertainment

A charter on Alfa Nero is comfortable and convenient thanks to the provided amenities such as a dancefloor where you and your guests can celebrate in style. If you're in need of indulgence, the beauty salon offers a range of treatments to pamper and restore. For the ultimate relaxation experience, she plays host to a luxury spa or elsewhere, the swimming pool is perfect for exercising or admiring a romantic sunrise. Head to the beach club and take advantage of indoor-outdoor living and entertaining and maintain your fitness routine and work out in the well-equipped gym. Soak up the bubbles in style in the deck jacuzzi.

Whatever your activities on your charter, you'll find some impressive features are seamlessly integrated to help you such as an elevator, making any part of the yacht quickly and easily accessible. Whether you want to work, use social media or stream movies on board this yacht, you can with Wi-Fi connectivity or elsewhere, guests will experience complete comfort while chartering thanks to air conditioning.

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Built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, she offers greater on-board space and is more stable when at anchor thanks to her full-displacement hull. Powered by twin MTU engines, she comfortably cruises at 15 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 20 knots with a range of up to 6,000 nautical miles from her 295,000 litre fuel tanks at 14 knots.

Onboard Alfa Nero has a range of toys and accessories to keep you and your guests entertained on the water throughout your stay. Take to the sea on the Jet Skis offering you power and control on the water. You'll be loving the huge adrenaline rush as you zip over the water on one of the WaveRunners. Additionally, there are towable toys offering fun and adventure. If that isn't enough Alfa Nero also features scuba diving equipment and inflatable water toys. When it comes to Tenders, Alfa Nero has you covered - with three tenders, including a 8m/26'3" Yachtwerft Meyer Limo Tender.

Alfa Nero and her crew are available for charter this winter for cruising within the Caribbean. She is already accepting bookings this summer for cruising in the Mediterranean.

Luxury motor yacht Alfa Nero is one of a kind, offering world-class onboard amenities coupled with an overflowing toy box full of the latest water sports gear for unforgettable yacht charters wherever you are.

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For your relaxation and entertainment Alfa Nero has the following facilities, for more details please speak to your yacht charter broker.

Alfa Nero is reported to be available to Charter with the following recreation facilities:

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For a full list of all available amenities & entertainment facilities, or price to hire additional equipment please contact your broker.

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€812,000 p/week + expenses Approx $884,000

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€840,000 p/week + expenses Approx $914,500

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Mediterranean Croatia, France, Italy, Monaco, Montenegro, Turkey

HOT SPOTS:   Amalfi Coast, Corsica, French Riviera, Ibiza, Sardinia, The Balearics

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  1. Alfa Nero

    Alfa Nero is a super yacht built in 2007, and has been considered one of the largest private motor yachts. In March 2022, it was reported by Forbes that it was registered in the Cayman Islands at 267 feet, with a value of $81 million.. In 2022, Forbes reported that the ship was owned by Andrey Guryev. On Friday June 16, 2023, Alfa Nero was sold to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt for $67.6 ...

  2. Antigua and Barbuda to auction off $81m yacht 'owned by Russian

    The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said it had "identified Alfa Nero, a Cayman islands flagged yacht that AG Guryev reportedly bought for $120m in 2014, as blocked ...

  3. ANDREY GURYEV: The Billionaire Behind the PhosAgro Empire

    He is the owner of the yacht Alfa Nero.We were told he also bought the yacht LUMINOSITY.. The Alfa Nero is an impressive 82-meter motor yacht built by renowned Oceanco, and was delivered to her original owner, Theodore Angelopoulos, in 2007.Sharing its hull platform with the yacht Amevi, this magnificent vessel boasts an exquisite design by Nuvolari-Lenard and Alberto Pinto Design.

  4. Alfa Nero Auction Concludes in Sale to New Owner

    PHOTO: Schnippchen (CC by SA 4.0) Alfa Nero Auction Concludes in Sale to New Owner. June 18, 2023By: Diane M. Byrne. Following the Alfa Nero auction in Antigua on June 16, the country's government officials have revealed that the new owner is a high-profile American. Specifically, Sir Ronald Sanders, Antigua's ambassador to the United ...

  5. ALFA NERO Officially Sold at Auction for $67.6 Million

    Following the government of Antigua and Barbuda's announcement of intention to auction off 266ft (81.3m) ALFA NERO back in March, the government has announced the official selling off of the iconic Oceanco motor yacht. The previous owner, rumored to be Russian tycoon, Andrey Guryev, all but abandoned the yacht in February 2022 when the war in Ukraine broke out and the yacht has been tangled ...

  6. Eric Schmidt backs out of $67.6M Alfa Nero purchase

    The completion of the sale of abandoned superyacht Alfa Nero has reached another roadblock as former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is reported to have backed out of the deal amid "legal wrangling".. The 81.3-metre Alfa Nero was sold at auction on 16 June for $67,000,677 having been declared abandoned by the government of Antigua and Barbuda, but has been wrapped up in litigation ever since.

  7. Russia superyacht mystery: Who owns Alfa Nero?

    This week a court case resumes in Antigua to decide the future of a seized superyacht that the US government said belonged to a sanctioned Russian oligarch. ...

  8. Eric Schmidt Buys Abandoned Alfa Nero Superyacht for $67.6 Million

    June 16, 2023 at 10:04 AM PDT. Listen. 1:43. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt bought the Alfa Nero superyacht that was ditched in Antigua in March 2022 after Russian troops invaded Ukraine. The ...

  9. Antigua and Barbuda Will Auction Off Abandoned 'Alfa Nero' Superyacht

    Alfa Nero was sold in 2011 to its current owner with an asking price of $115 million, according to Marine Industry News. The Guardian has previously reported that the yacht is linked to the ...

  10. ALFA NERO Yacht • Andrey Guryev $120M Superyacht

    The Alfa Nero yacht is an impressive 82-meter motor yacht built by renowned Oceanco, and was delivered to her original owner, Theodore Angelopoulos, in 2007.Sharing its hull platform with the yacht Amevi, this magnificent vessel boasts an exquisite design by Nuvolari-Lenard and Alberto Pinto Design.. Stunning Features. Alfa Nero can accommodate 16 guests and features a crew of 28.

  11. Schmidt just bought a Russian oligarch's superyacht

    Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt bought the Alfa Nero superyacht that was ditched in Antigua in March 2022 after Russian troops invaded Ukraine. The billionaire "won the auction this morning in a ...

  12. Auction of 82m Russian-owned Alfa Nero superyacht confirmed

    22 May 2023 | 03:30. The Prime Minister of Antigua, Gaston Browne, has declared that the US has lifted its sanctions on the 82-metre Oceanco superyacht Alfa Nero, enabling its potential sale. Advertisement. The authorisation was announced during the National Assembly of Antigua and Barbuda on Sunday 21 May after the US Department of Treasury ...

  13. On board Oceanco's striking 81m superyacht Alfa Nero

    Iconic yachts: On board Oceanco's striking 81m superyacht Alfa Nero. Big, black and beautiful, the 81.27 metre Oceanco motor yacht Alfa Nero makes an incredibly powerful impression. "The first impression you receive on stepping aboard is of wide-open decks leading into big uncrowded rooms". This image: Oceanco. Top image: Pamela Jones.

  14. Russian Billionaire's Daughter Says She's True Owner of Eric Schmidt's

    Alfa Nero had been anchored by the Caribbean island of Antigua since last spring, and FBI agents searched the vessel in August.Local authorities say the yacht was abandoned.Antigua and Barbuda ...

  15. Mystery Over Abandoned Yacht Grows as Russian Tycoon Denies Link

    By Jim Wyss and Jonathan Browning. March 28, 2023 at 11:15 AM PDT. Listen. 2:00. The mystery surrounding who owns an abandoned 267-foot superyacht docked in Antigua and Barbuda deepened after ...

  16. Russia superyacht symbolises challenge of seizing assets

    A legal battle over who owns a luxury superyacht symbolises the difficulties of seizing Russian assets since the war in Ukraine started. When BBC reporters investigated the case of the £54m Alfa ...

  17. Winning Bid for Alfa Nero Withdrawn, Runner-Up Bidder Files Suit

    UPDATE, NOVEMBER 24, 2023: The Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal from Yulia Guryeva-Motlokhov, the Russian citizen who claims she owns Alfa Nero and who was trying to stop the sale of the yacht. Her lawyer, though, believes she still has a case. He tells a local newspaper that they have a pending court challenge regarding the constitutional validity of the amended Port Authority Act.

  18. The Story of Alfa Nero: The $120 Million Custom Superyacht That Nobody Owns

    Alfa Nero, with its gleaming black hull and white superstructure designed by Nuvolari Lenard, is the first superyacht to feature what Oceanco called a "statement" pool. It's a massive, 12 ...

  19. Billionaire oligarch who owns the Alfa Nero also allegedly owns a $270

    Alfa Nero, a seized $120 million superyacht, may have gone dark last year, but the vessel certainly put its owner, Russian billionaire Andrey Guryev on the map. A lot has happened since then. The motoryacht was hunted and raided by the FBI, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda geared up to auction the elegant Alfa Nero that was moored at the Antigua Yacht Club Marina since February 2022, and ...

  20. ALFA NERO Yacht Charter Price

    81.27m / 266'8 Oceanco 2007 / 2021. With plenty of onboard entertainment, motor yacht Alfa Nero is an exceptional yacht charter choice. The multi-award winning 81.27m/266'8" motor yacht 'Alfa Nero' by the Dutch shipyard Oceanco offers flexible accommodation for up to 12 guests in 6 cabins and features interior styling by Alberto Pinto.

  21. Russian Yacht Alfa Nero to Be Auctioned by Antigua After US Sanctions

    The US Treasury removed an abandoned $120 million Russian superyacht from its sanctions list, clearing the way for the vessel to be auctioned to the highest bidder.. The 267-foot Alfa Nero ...

  22. Oceanco's Alfa Nero: A Yacht With A View

    The full-time crew includes three engineers who watch over the yacht's twin 16-cylinder MTU engines and three generators. Alfa Nero's onboard monitoring system helps keep track of all functions and sends any alarm message directly to the engineers' phones.Various screens give information about shore power, bilges, valves, water tanks and the system of fuel tanks.