Fiji orders seizure of Russia-linked superyacht

A Fiji court ordered the seizure of a superyacht reportedly owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, officials said, targeting an asset estimated to be worth more than $300 million. The yacht 'Amadea', which has been berthed at Lautoka in western Fiji since mid-April, has been linked in some reports to Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, a target of US and European Union sanctions over Russia's war on Ukraine. The court in the Pacific island's capital Suva "has granted the order to seize the

superyacht 'Amadea'" after a US warrant for its seizure was filed last month, Fiji's director of public prosecutions said in a statement.

The court had already ruled on April 19 that Fiji's authorities could block the vessel from leaving the country's territorial waters while awaiting a decision on the US warrant. — AFP