{"id":2961,"date":"2022-03-17T19:47:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T19:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/top-trends\/2961\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T19:47:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T19:47:10","slug":"russian-oligarch-strzhalkovskys-super-yacht-stuck-in-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/top-trends\/2961\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian oligarch Strzhalkovsky’s super yacht stuck in Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A superyacht owned by a Russian oligarch is stranded in a Norwegian port because no one wants to sell it fuel.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Ragnar is owned by Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, a former KGB agent who has been linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is not on the EU sanctions list.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The yacht has been stranded in Narvik harbor since February 15. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“We find the discrimination against us extremely unfair,” the yacht’s captain, Robert Lankester, wrote in a message.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The British captain pointed out that none of the crew is Russian. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“We are a Western team of 16,” he told Norwegian public broadcaster NRK. “We have nothing to do with the owner.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But local fuel suppliers say they don’t want to help entities associated with Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Why should we help them?” Holmlund Oil Service General Manager Sven Holmlund told NRK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“You can row home. Or use a sail.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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