The 143m supersailing yacht with three distinctive masts was seized in the port city of Trieste. According to the Italian authorities, Sailing Yacht A is the largest private yacht in the world. The ship was designed by the well-known French designer Philippe Starck and built in Germany.
Yachts and Villas
Melnichenko owns the large fertilizer group EuroChem and the coal company Suek. Italian authorities previously seized a large yacht owned by Alexei Mordashov, Russia’s richest man. The Italians also confiscated the villas of wealthy Russians.
Yachts belonging to Russian billionaires have also been seized in Germany and France.