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flag The US spends millions annually to maintain the seized Russian oligarch's yacht.

flag The US government spends over $7 million per year to maintain a superyacht seized from a sanctioned Russian oligarch. flag Authorities in Fiji seized the $300 million yacht, the Amadea, in May 2022 based on a US warrant which alleged that it was owned by Suleiman Kerimov, a multi-billionaire sanctioned by the US Treasury Department in 2014 and 2018 due to Russia's involvement in Syria and Ukraine. flag Efforts to auction the Amadea are being challenged by Eduard Khudainatov, a former executive of Russian state oil and gas company Rosneft, who claims ownership of the yacht. flag Khudainatov's ownership claim hinges on the fact that he has not been personally sanctioned. flag Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are urging a judge to let them auction the vessel before the ownership dispute is resolved.

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