Qatar is the second-largest foreign investor in Turkey, with major stakes in banking, shipping, retail, and finance.Qatar is already the second-largest foreign investor in Turkey, with major stakes in banking, shipping, retail, and the financial sector.
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Ukraine-war-Turkey-Deripaska: The Russian Oligar Yacht Deripaska arrives in Turkish waters
Istanbul (Reuters) - A yacht related to the Russian magnat of Aluminum Oleg Deripaska has arrived in a bay located near the Natural Port of Gok, in southwestern Turkey, nested. In a growing number of Russian billionaires who earn Turkish waters to escape Western penalties inflicted because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Deripaska, founder of the Russian giant of Rusal aluminum, is the subject of sanctions from the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom. He previously called for peace.
Ukraine’s success illuminates a strategy that allowed a smaller state to—so far—outlast a larger and much more powerful one. Call it the “Ukrainian way of war.” The Ukrainian way of war is a coherent, intelligent, and well-conceived strategy to fight the Russians, one well calibrated to take advantage of specific Russian weaknesses.
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Video: Ukraine: The Moskva cruiser, admiral vessel of the Russian fleet, touched by shots (dailymotion)
according to a testimonial of reuters, the yacht "clio" of 73 meters, flying flag of the Cayman Islands, was Overview Saturday in a bay near Gocek's anchorage, but he has not joined yet.
Two other yachts associated with Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, who has made an unexpected appearance this month in peace discussions between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul, have already thrown anchor in Turkish ports.
Turkey, very dependent on Russian energy imports and tourism from Russia, has become a haven for the Russians targeted by sanctions, and many of them have invested in Turkish real estate.
(Yoruk Isik and Tuvan Gumrukcu, Gilles Guillaume for the French version)
Russian oligarch’s super yacht arrives in Turkish waters .
Russian billionaires are heading for Turkey to flee Western sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Oleg Deripaska, founder of Russian aluminium giant Rusal, has been sanctioned by the United States, United Kingdom and European Union. A witness saw the 73-metre (239.5 feet) yacht Clio arrive off the coast of Gocek in the Aegean coastal province of Mugla. The Cayman Islands-flagged vessel remains in the bay off Gocek.