Eine 500-Millionen-Dollar-Superyacht, die mit dem reichsten Mann Russlands in Verbindung gebracht wird, konnte gerade noch die blockierte Straße von Hormus passieren
https://fortune.com/2026/04/28/500-million-superyacht-linked-with-russia-richest-man-alexei-mordashov-strait-of-hormuz/
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Though the Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed as the war in Iran enters its ninth week, that hasn’t stopped one of the world’s largest luxury superyachts from gaining passage through the chokepoint.
The Nord, a 464-foot vessel tied to Russian businessman Alexei Mordashov, left Port Rashid in Dubai on Friday and sailed through the Hormuz Strait over the weekend before it was anchored in Oman on Sunday, according to data from maritime traffic tracking databases VesselFinder and Kpler.
The ship is associated with Mordashov, a Russian billionaire and owner of steel magnate Severstal, with shipping records showing Mordashov’s wife Marina Mordashova, owning the vessel for a brief window in 2022. Mordashov is Russia’s wealthiest person, with a net worth of about $37 billion, according to Forbes.
The vessel, valued at about $500 million, is the 12th largest superyacht in the world. In addition to two helipads, the yacht also has a helicopter hanger that converts into a squash court, as well as a 25-meter long swimming pool. It’s the larger of two yachts that Mordashov appears to own, the other being the 137-foot Lady M.
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Hardly geopolitical
He paid the toll
Russia is friends with iran and the American president so im not surprised
When arent billionaires able to do what they want? The real richest man in Russia isnt the homie mentioned in the article…..on a totally different side note, how much security is on a boat like that? If pirates can hijack a freighter with a couple blow darts and a pontoon boat, how hard would it be to hijack a super yacht?
I rather doubt it is carrying substantial amounts of cargo, which is what matters.
Why wouldn’t he, though?
Its not like his yacht was carrying millions of barrels of oil/LNG/helium/kerosene/diesel.
No point in blocking his passage.
It doesn’t have oil
Neither the us or Iran is at war with russia.
Makes it hard to believe that Iran planted 1000s of mines in the straight, as US politicians and media outlets have declared.
That sounds like a party. I’d love to be on that yacht. Vodka flowing, music pumping, laughing at all the stuck tankers. I bet its a wild time