The fight to seize Russian super yachts is part of the war in Ukraine. The US government alleges Amadea is owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch named Suleiman Karimov. It's enormous, 348 feet long, six decks and has two baby grand pianos. These are huge vessels that require a huge amount of steel to construct.
Bloomberg's Stephanie Baker and the New Yorker’s Evan Osnos explain the fight to seize (and maintain) billionaire boats.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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