Inside world’s first $100m icebreaker superyacht that VANISHED when Russian billionaire owner slapped with sanctions

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The world's first $100million icebreaker superyacht featured a deep-sea submarine, two helipads and was built to power through the Arctic.

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The beastly 253-foot bronzed La Datcha could navigate through 16-inch-thick ice and had retractable stabilisers to help with drifting floes.

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Launched in Vlissingen in the Netherlands, she cost a reported £80million to build, while onboard the vessel provided an endless list of amenities to keep crew and passengers entertained.

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La Datcha, which translates to "summer house" in Russian, was commissioned to be the ultimate adventure vessel - until it vanished into thin air.

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The ship was built for Russian billionaire Oleg Tinkov, a Russian billionaire who was the founder and chairman of Tinkoff Bank.

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But when the UK placed sanctions on him just a month after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, La Datcha suddenly disappeared.

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In July 2023 Britain removed its sanctions on Tinkov nine months after he renounced his Russian citizenship. It was unclear whether the mogul reclaimed one of his most valued assets.

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