Eduard Khudainatov, the former CEO of a Russian state-owned oil conglomerate Rosneft, has filed an appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit over his claim to the 106.1-metre Lürssen yacht Amadea, which US authorities seized in 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The development comes after a US judge ruled in March that Khudainatov cannot plausibly claim ownership of Amadea, effectively granting the US Justice Department permission to sell the vessel at auction.
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