The Flying Fox luxury yacht docked at the Don Diego dock in Sans Souci Port, in Santo Domingo. It is the new touristic attraction for those visiting the Colonial City area.
The Flying Fox had first arrived bringing Jeff Bezos and guests to vacation in Casa de Campo in La Romana. From there it traveled to the Santo Domingo port on the Ozama River. According to the Dominican Port Authority, the yacht docked at the Don Diego terminal of the Sans Souic port from La Romana Port and would stay from Monday 21 to Friday, 25 March 2022 to refuel and take on provisions. Yet as of Sunday, 27 March, the boat remained in port, this time under the custody of the Dominican Armada, as reported in Listin Diario.
El Dia reported that last week agents of the US Homeland Security Investigations (HIS), the principal investigative arm of the US Department of Homeland Security, carried out an inspection visit accompanied by officials from several Dominican government agencies.
The spokesman of the Dominican Navy, José Vásquez, told Diario Libre that the Flying Fox has all its papers in order and is here complying with Dominican law.
“The role of the Dominican Armada is to make sure that any vessel entering the Dominican Republic has its papers in order. Read… certificate of seaworthiness, that it complies with the corresponding navigation standards, that its registration is up to date, that it has a flag of a country and that the vessel complies with all the standards,” said Captain Vásquez.
He said that the Dominican Republic is a member of international agreements such as the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (Solas) and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (Marpol). If a ship arriving in the country does not violate any of these international norms, there are no problems.
Yet, the spokesperson for the Armada said he did not know when the yacht will leave the country.
The mega yacht Flying Fox is valued at US$455 million. Dominican authorities confirmed that the yacht belongs to a Russian tycoon, whom they did not identify.
Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the United States and other nations have applied sanctions against Russia. In that regard, Russian oligarchs have had property confiscated as part of the sanctions.
Forbes says the yacht belongs to Russian businessman Dmitry Kamenshchik, owner of Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport. The Flying Fox is registered in the Cayman Islands.
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28 March 2022