kleptocapture says it's owned by russian senator and billionaire businessman suleiman kerimov.ded putin's summit at the start of the war. but kerimov denies owning the amadea. kerimov is famously discreet, he hasn't given an interview in the entire time that he's been a billionaire. but we do know some aspects about his life — he's a man who likes the finer side of life and doesn't always think that money should be spent in russia. in 2006, kerimov crashed his ferrari in the french riviera, nearly dying from his burns. a decade later, he was investigated in france, and in 2018, he was sanctioned by the us for being an official of the government of the russian federation. with a net worth around $10 billion, kerimov allegedly bought the amadea last year in august. it's on this transaction that kleptocapture focused their attention. it is improbable that that boat wasn't either purchased with or heavily financed by us dollars. that gives us a hook. while kleptocapture looked into the yacht�*s financing, amadea had slipped its moorings in the caribbean and was heading for the pana