News · moment 8 of 19
Alisher Usmanov, the Lovable Oligarch
from #291 - Dear Vladimir | The Tim Dillon Show · #291
3 min
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Tim admires Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov's mega-yacht and his quote denying being an oligarch, joking that they'd get along great at dinner.
- Tim wants to discuss how oligarchs are being treated like second-class citizens, starting with Alisher Usmanov.
- The Dilbar, the world's largest motor yacht, is owned by Usmanov, and Italy has confiscated two Russian oligarch yachts.
- Tim defends mega yachts over mini yachts because they provide better proportions and more outdoor space for boating.
- Italy's financial police seized a $530 million super yacht belonging to Russian oligarch Andre Igorovich Melnichenko under EU sanctions.
- Tim questions the logic of confiscating pleasure yachts that aren't military vessels—whether this is just punishment to make oligarchs' lives difficult.
- Usmanov claims he doesn't even qualify as an oligarch and expresses confusion about his classification.
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