Conducting measures to confirm the technical capacity of Medvedchuk's yacht took place according to the decision of the Croatian court
On January 25, the arrested yacht of Viktor Medvedchuk - Royal Romance - temporarily departed from the Adria Docks shipyard in the Croatian city of Trogir to confirm its technical capacity, buoyancy and engine operation. This was reported by ARMA head Olena Duma.
According to the head of the Agency for Search and Asset Management, these events were held by the decision of the District Court of Split (Croatia). To ensure legality, during the technical inspection, the process was monitored by the Port Captain with the participation of the Croatian police.
"In addition, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia - Head of the interdepartmental working group on issues of support to Ukraine, Frano Matušić, was informed about the adoption by the District Court of Split of the decision to transfer the ship Royal Romance to Ukraine on the basis of a request for international legal assistance. An assurance was received that Croatia expects the ship to be handed over to Ukraine as soon as possible. According to the Croatian side, there are no legal obstacles to the implementation of this intention," the message reads.
As Duma noted, ARMA received approval to conduct a repeat inspection of Medvedchuk's yacht.
"After carrying out an assessment of the seized asset, ARMA plans to realize its sale. The sale of this lot will be the first example of the sale of seized assets located abroad," she added.
As reported, the superyacht Royal Romance, which was arrested in 2022 due to sanctions against Viktor Medvedchuk, departed from the Croatian port of Trogir. She seems to have a new owner.
Earlier, representatives of the Agency for Search and Management of Assets (ARMA) within the framework of a working trip to the Republic of Croatia (November 13-22) inspected arrested yacht belonging to the family members of the people's deputy and one of the leaders of the banned political force in Ukraine Viktor Medvedchuk.
It will be recalled that on March 16, it became known that Croatian law enforcement officers arrested the luxury yacht of Putin's godfather, Viktor Medvedchuk, a deputy from the pro-Russian faction "Opposition Platform - For Life". Later, they tried to hide the Royal Romance yacht from sanctions. This was reported by the Sledstvo.Info agency. Then, according to the Equasis.org resource, the yacht was re-registered from the offshore company of Medvedchuk's wife, Oksana Marchenko, Fregata Marine Ltd, to another - Lanelia Holdings Ltd (registered in the Marshall Islands).
As reported, the Royal Romance superyacht, which belongs to the traitor Viktor Medvedchuk and was arrested in Croatia, will be sold at an auction, with the money transferred to Ukraine.
