Many of their superyachts were seized or frozen, leading industry insiders to question their fate.
The war prompted many governments to enact sanctions against Russia's richest, including seizing their superyachts worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
At least a dozen superyachts — worth well over $1 billion combined — have been affected.
Russia's sanctioned superyachts are hard to buy and sellThe first problem is that many of the yachts are "frozen" — not seized.
"How does it look if you bought a Russian boat?"
Persons:
It's, —, Russia's, I've, Julia Simpson, Thompson of Monaco, it's, Joshua Naftalis, Ralph Dazert, Alfa Nero, Eric Schmidt, Simpson
Organizations:
Service, Russia's, Palm, SuperYacht, Thompson, Pallas Partners, SuperYacht Times
Locations:
Russia, Ukraine, Russian, San Diego, Antigua, Barbuda, Maldives, Montenegro, Dubai