on the 29th of march i reported that motor yacht Phi had been arrested in London whilst attending an
awards ceremony it was the first Russian yacht to be arrested in UK territory as the vessel
was docked in Canary Wharf at the end of may i visited the vessel and talked about the fact that
this was the only vessel since sanctions began that have been arrested even though the owner
was not actually on any sanctions list neither the UK, US or EU have placed any sanctions on the owner
so why has this vessel been detained for over three months
the owner is Russian businessman Sergey Namenko who owns a Mobile Telephone Network in the Urls
of Russia called Motive Telecom and was described by friends as an EU citizen
Grant Shapps from the ministry of transport said the individual was not currently on the sanctions
list but he had close connections to Russian president Vladimir Putin
the captain of the yacht Guy Booth has called the arrest a publicity stunt
according to sources after my video a number of British news organizations started asking
the same questions why has this yacht been detained without any sanctions against the owner
and i'm told arranged interviews with the owner's representatives as part of the Sky news interview
which was meant to be aired last friday they asked the UK government's ministry of transport
for a statement ministry of transport initially said they would send the statement but asked if
the airing of their interview with the owner's representatives could be delayed to give them
time to formulate one since then the ministry of transport has it twice extended their time
scale and are it seems reluctant to talk about the subject the vessel has according to sources
also provided to the government all the requested paperwork and asked them a number of questions
related to the detainment of the 45 million dollar yacht but the yacht themselves have not received
any response isis mansupiyats also contacted the minister of transport for a statement but our only
reply was a request to forward more details to a department of transport email address
when we get more details from them we will update you in a future video for now it seems the brand
new super yacht will be staying at Canary Warf in London hopefully in the not too distant future
we will get some answers to explain the mystery of this yacht's detainment
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