Are You Ready for Gandhiland?

The week began quietly for the three super-yachts (total value: hundreds of millions of dollars) belonging to Roman Abramovich, Andrey Molchanov, and Vagit Alekperov (total net worth: around $36 billion, but who really knows) as they remained serenely docked at this Spanish port for refitting. But, The Guardian noted, “their owners could be forgiven for feeling a little nervous as western governments ponder who to target next in a threatened barrage of sanctions against Russia in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine.”

Maybe more than a little nervous, considering a report in the Majorca Daily Bulletin that a Ukrainian man had been arrested for partially sinking a $7.7 million super-yacht belonging to Alexander Mijeev, C.E.O. of Rosoboronexport, a Russian military-weapons company. The man, who admitted he’d opened valves to flood the Lady Anastasia, which was docked at Port Adriano, Spain, said, “My boss is a criminal who sells weapons that kill the Ukrainian people.” On top of that, German authorities have seized the $600 million super-yacht Dilbar, owned by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, and The Guardian reports further that France has “seized a yacht linked to Rosneft boss Igor Sechin in the Mediterranean port of La Ciotat.”