The yacht Galactica Super Nova, owned by the owner of Lukoil, is currently located in the bay of Montenegrin Tivat.
Thus, Vagit Alekperov’s yacht is in a safe place. After the message that the movable and immovable property of Russian businessmen would be confiscated abroad, many sent their ships to Montenegro and the Maldives.
The cost of Galactica Super Nova is 75 million euros. It even has a six-meter pool with a glass bottom, an elevator and a helipad. The yacht of Vagit Alekperov is serviced by 16 people.
SCHMIDT CASE
Vagit Alekperov made a fortune thanks to Lukoil. At the same time, the company, together with the main owner, has repeatedly found itself at the center of scandals. In 2015, the company’s assets worth 2 billion euros were arrested in Romania. And in other countries, the relatives of the deceased former vice-president of Lukoil, Vitaly Schmidt, fought for his share in the business. They initiated 15 international lawsuits, but never defended their rights. Once Vitaly Schmidt owned 20% in CAT Oil. This is an Austrian company that also worked in Russia. She cooperated with large Russian companies and provided oilfield services for the development of oil and gas fields. The largest customers of CAT Oil. were Rosneft and Lukoil. And the chief executive of the Austrian firm was Anna Brinkmann, who owned 49% of CAT Holding.
As a result, CAT Holding. ended up in the hands of Dijol, but the company’s shares were arrested. Also under arrest were shares of CAT Oil. The son of the late Vitaly Schmidt, Vadim, said that Anna Brinkmann illegally received the firm’s assets. He was sure that he should have received the assets, but Brinkmann had a power of attorney from Schmidt. According to rumors, the document was forged.
It is noteworthy that in the end, Vitaly Schmidt’s share went to Semyon Vainshtok. So, in court, people close to Vagit Alekperov presented a document according to which Schmidt himself wished so. Later, the courts only confirmed Weinstock’s right to the assets. And Vadim Schmidt reported that the top managers of Lukoil invited him to a conversation and promised financial assistance to the family of the deceased. Before his death, Vitaly Schmidt devoted all his time to the restructuring of Lukoil’s offshore companies. He sought to make the business more transparent, but failed. Moreover, Vagit Alekperov abandoned this plan after the death of a business partner. Now no one will know what offshore companies could reveal.
