The Ragnar is owned by Russian oligarch Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, a former KGB agent with deep ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Onboard amenities include an amphibious ATV and an island.
Highlights
- The Ragnar is owned by Russian oligarch Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, a former KGB agent.
- The yacht is stuck in a port city in northern Norway because no one will sell it fuel.
- The Ragnar was custom-built on the hull of a former service ship capable of pushing its way through ice.
- A local supplier says he and others say they want to support the ship’s efforts to bring it back to its home port in Malta.
- It’s not currently on a European or U.K.
- sanctions list, but the yacht’s crew is not Russian, the captain writes in a public letter to the public.