worth at$ 14.5 billion.Or is the real owner Eduard Khudainatov?... Crucially, Khudainatov currently

WELLINGTON, New Zealand--At Lautoka harbor in the heart of Fiji's sugar cane region, five U.S. federal agents boarded the Russian-owned Amadea, a luxurious superyacht the length of a football field.“ They want to take 20 crew and sail east!... ” Haniff wrote back, court documents obtained by The Associated Press show.... “$ 300 Million Yacht of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Suleiman Kerimov Seized by Fiji at Request of United States, ” it read. But Haniff argued the U.S. had jumped the gun....

SYDNEY( Reuters)-A Fiji court has ruled a Russian-owned superyacht be removed from the Pacific island nation by the United States because it was a waste of money for Fiji to maintain the vessel amid legal wrangling over its seizure. The U.S. Justice Department's Taskforce KleptoCapture has focused on seizing yachts and other luxury assets of Russian oligarchs in a bid to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine. The 106-metre( 350-foot) Amadea arrived in Fiji on April 13

That order will stand for now, preventing U.S. authorities from taking the yacht to Hawaii or elsewhere.A question remains over which of two Russian oligarchs really owns the Amadea; only one of them faces U.S. sanctions.... There are also questions of how far U.S. jurisdiction extends into Fiji. Suva High Court Justice Deepthi Amaratunga on Tuesday granted an order allowing the U.S.to seize the superyacht after Washington had earlier filed a warrant.... But the judge has given defense lawyers