Two yachts belonging to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich dock in Turkey

Two yachts belonging to the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich docked in southwestern Turkey, a country that has not joined the Western sanctions imposed against Russia by much of the international community after the invasion of Ukraine, the Turkish press reported on Tuesday.

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The “Eclipse”, a luxury ship of 163 meters in length, with the flag of Bermuda, docked on Tuesday morning in the port of Marmaris, according to Turkish newspapers that quote pages that track maritime traffic.

The “Eclipse” is the second longest yacht in the world and reached Turkey after the “Solaris”, also belonging to Abramovich140 meters long, which was filmed in Bodrum, a Turkish holiday destination, a week after being seen in a port in Montenegro, which is not part of the European Union (EU).

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A group of Ukrainians approached the “Solaris” in an inflatable boat to protest its presence in the country. “You are not welcome here”, “No to war in Ukraine”, “Go away, Russian ship, go away”, shouted the protesters, with a Ukrainian flag in hand.

Western countries, including the United States and EU members, have imposed unprecedented sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine. The oligarchs and close associates of Putin are on the sanctioned list.

Turkeya member of NATO, which maintains close relations with Russia and Ukraine, has not joined these punitive measures.

Several countries have confiscated yachts belonging to wealthy Russians. Last week, the EU adopted new sanctions against Russia and one of those was Abramovichwho was also hit by punitive measures in the UK, where his assets were frozen and he was banned from traveling.

The 55-year-old Russian billionaire has owned the English soccer club Chelsea since 2003. Anticipating the sanctions, he put it up for sale, but the transaction has been frozen due to this situation.

The fortune of this man was valued at about 9,400 million pounds sterling (10,700 million euros, 11,760 million dollars) by the British government.

Turkey He described the Russian invasion as “unacceptable” and offered himself as a mediator to seek an end to the conflict.

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Source: Elcomercio

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