www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/10/rosneft-chief-yacht-russia

A US judge on Monday ruled that a former chief of the Russian state oil and gas company Rosneft does not have a plausible claim to own a $300m superyacht that US authorities seized in 2022, in a win for the US Department of Justice.

US district judge Dale Ho’s decision boosts federal prosecutors’ bid for a forfeiture of the 348ft (106-meter) Amadea, which could be sold at auction.

Congress last year passed a law authorizing the transfer of seized Russian assets to Ukraine to bolster its military defenses. Eduard Khudainatov, who led Rosneft from 2010 to 2013, sought to block a forfeiture by claiming ownership of the yacht in late 2023.

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