"Bear" on anchorase: In France, oligarchs from the Russian Federation tries to return super -five (photo)

Kuzmichov-one of the main shareholders of the Russian "Alfa-Bank"-in March was on the list of sanctions of the European Union through relations with the President of the Russian Federation Putin. He is now trying to protest the arrest of yachts, called the La Petite Ours and La Petite Ourse II, and are moored in Cannes and Antiba ports. The cost of the yachts Kuzmichov is estimated within 20 and 70 million euros.

The day before, an entrepreneur's lawyer stated that if someone has a yacht in personal use, he can use it, even if it was arrested. As an argument, Kuzmichov's defense is that in France, the Russian also has cars and houses that, through sanctions, he can neither sell nor rent, but can use them at the same time. "I do not understand why they make differences if the question concerns the yacht," Philip Blanchette explained.

According to him, immobilization of the vessel is not a way of freezing assets, but their confiscation. "You can no longer move on the ship, it was simply taken away," the lawyer insists. The lawyer also refers to the fact that the procedure of seizure of property was performed with violations. The court will announce the possibility for the Russian use of yachts on October 5. According to Forbes, Kuzmichov's wealth is estimated at $ 7 billion.

He was a co -founder of the International Letterone International Investment Group, which owns several telecommunications companies, but in March he left the board of directors. Earlier, Focus reported that the Hungarian authorities demanded that there are restrictions from three Russian oligarchs. In Budapest, they even threatened to oppose new sanctions on the Russian Federation.