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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent

Antigua and Barbuda to auction off $81m yacht ‘owned by Russian oligarch’

Alfa Nero
The superyacht Alfa Nero is to be auctioned off by the government of Antigua and Barbuda. Photograph: imageBROKER/Alamy

An $81m (£67m) superyacht said to be owned by the sanctioned Russian oligarch Andrey Guryev is to be auctioned off by the government of Antigua and Barbuda, which claims the vessel has been abandoned in the Caribbean since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year.

The government of Antigua and Barbuda on Monday warned the owner of theAlfa Nero superyacht that they had 10 days to claim the vessel or it would be sold to the highest bidder.

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