U.S. Spends $1 Million a Month to Maintain Seized Russian Superyacht
• The US government is spending nearly $1 million per month to maintain a 348-foot luxury superyacht seized from Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov
• The superyacht, called Amadea, was seized in Fiji in 2022 and brought to San Diego by the FBI and local law enforcement
• Prosecutors allege Kerimov violated US sanctions by using the US banking system to cover the yacht's expenses
• The total cost so far has reached about $20 million, prompting prosecutors to ask a judge to allow the sale of the $230 million vessel
• Two claimants have come forward stating the yacht belongs to them, not Kerimov, and they offered to cover maintenance costs, but prosecutors want to sell it anyway