Oligarch swam for Monet at super-yacht
Three unnamed paintings by Claude Monet were loaded in the Norwegian port of Kristiansand in the super yacht "A", owned by rossiyaninu Andrei Melnichenko - co-owner companies SUEK and EuroChem, ranked 172 in the rating of the richest people on the version of journal Forbes. According to British newspaper The Telegraph, so Melnichenko avoided import duties EU.
The publication does not disclose where it has information that on board the yacht Melnichenko had been raised namely the work of Monet and some scenes in question. The Telegraph notes that on 24 June in London, pond with water lilies "painted Monet was sold at Christie's for 41 million pounds sterling. Who was the owner of the paintings is unknown, as is known, where it is now. But there is an assumption that it was behind Melnichenko record deal.
Melnichenko owned super-yacht worth 200 million pounds (nearly $ 400 million) was built by the German company Blohm Voss; interior design for it has developed a Philip Stark. The yacht is named in honor of his wife Melnichenko - Serbian top model Alexandra Kokotovich.
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