Oligarch’s abandoned £100m superyacht up for sale after Antigua declared it a ‘danger’ of being auctioned
Oligarch’s abandoned £100m superyacht could be yours after Antigua declared it a ‘danger’ to be auctioned
- The government of Antigua will try to sell the superyacht unless the owner claims within 10 days
- The Alfa Nero would be owned by the Russian oligarch Andrey Guryev
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A superyacht owned by a Russian oligarch, flying the flag of the Cayman Islands, will be auctioned if the owner does not claim it.
The Alfa Nero has been anchored in Falmouth Harbor in Antigua for over a year after being abandoned by its owner following the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The government of Antigua and Barbuda plans to auction the 266ft (81m) yacht, which was purchased in 2014 for $120 million.
According to reports from the Antiguan government, the owner has ten days to claim the boat from the time sales notices are posted in the media.
The US Treasury Department has linked the ship to Andrey Guryev, a Russian oligarch they say is a “close associate” of Vladimir Putin.
The superyacht Alfa Nero, pictured here in the Canale della Giudecca in Venice, Italy
An entertainment space in the £100 million superyacht that Antigua plans to auction soon
Six fully furnished state bedrooms provide guests with all the amenities of country living
Guryev was sanctioned by the US in August, by the UK in April and by the EU in March 2022.
According to Bloomberg, the oligarch is one of Russia’s wealthiest individuals with a net worth of $10.1 billion (£8 billion).
He founded PhosAgro, a leading Russian chemical company that makes fertilizers.
In March last year, pictures appeared from the oligarch’s £300 million London home.
It was alleged that the oligarch, then the 28th richest man in Russia, was the owner of the 25-bedroom mansion, Witanhurst.
The home was purchased in 2008 through an offshore company called Safran Holdings, based in the British Virgin Islands.
The Alfa Nero yacht, to which he is also linked, was built by Oceanco and can accommodate 12 guests in six staterooms and 28 crew members, according to Boat International.
The yacht features an ‘infinity’ swimming pool, which makes it seem as if it is immersed in the sea.
It also has a dance floor and gym to keep guests entertained, and jet skis attached for excursions.
A crew of 26 personnel is required to operate the vessel when operational.
Many Russian oligarchs living and traveling abroad in expensive yachts have been sanctioned after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Putin’s own £500 million superyacht – reportedly a gift from oligarchs – was seized in Italy as part of the sanctions.
It was alleged that the boat was used by his alleged lover, Alina Kabaeva.
Last October, another £500 million superyacht owned by Alexey Mordashov mysteriously turned up in Hong Kong after a ‘hasty retreat’ from Germany.
The owner is said to have lost around £10bn since the start of 2022 due to Western sanctions against him and his business interests.
Fertilizer magnate Andrey Guryev (L) is one of Russia’s richest men, with an estimated net worth of $10.1 billion
The yacht has an infinity pool with translucent surfaces that merge seamlessly into the ocean
The huge yacht weighs 2159 tons and will need 26 crew members to man it when operational
The superyacht can accommodate up to 12 guests at a time in large staterooms…
…but four will be made to sit around the ship’s central dining table, it seems
Guryev was born in 1960 and celebrates his 63rd birthday this month.
He is the former head of PhosAgro, one of the four largest producers of phosphate fertilizers in the world.
Like most oligarchs, he became wealthy in the 1990s after acquiring state assets that had been sold at reduced prices after the collapse of the USSR.
In 2004, he was able to take over half of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s company when the former richest man in Russia was arrested by Putin’s regime.
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