Melnichenko will challenge the sanctions of the West and the detention of the world's largest yacht

Melnichenko intends to challenge the "absurd" sanctions in COURTEuropean Union, his representative said. He was on the sanctions list in early March, because of which he ceased to control SUEK and Eurochem,

Billionaire Andrey Melnichenko ($13.7 billion according to FORBES), who fell under EU and UK sanctions, will sue to lift the restrictions, his representative told Forbes.

“We will challenge these absurd and baseless sanctions, which lawyers are already working on, and we believe that the rule of law and common sense will prevail,” Melnichenko’s spokesman said.

Including, he continued, the "freeze" of the sailing yacht Sailing Yacht A in the Italian port of Trieste will be challenged. According to the representative of the businessman, the yacht was not going to leave the shipyard, she was there on scheduled work to set up a hybrid navigation system. “It is very unfortunate that the Italian government decided to invite a film crew to the shipyard, which is usually closed to the public, in order to earn dubious political points,” he added.

According to the representative of Melnichenko, he has nothing to do with politics and what is happening in Ukraine, and considers sanctions against himself absurd and meaningless.

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