The two helicopters, linked to his superyacht Dilbar, were detained in Le Castellet and Monaco.
on the French Riviera last week. A spokesperson for the French Ministry of Economy and Finance confirmed tothat the two helicopters—an Airbus EC-175 with the tail number M-DLBR and a Eurocopter EC-155 with the tail number M-DLBA—were frozen in Le Castellet on March 22 and in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on March 25, respectively. France sanctioned Usmanov on February 28 as part of wider European Union sanctions, which MonacoUsmanov, 68, is one of Russia’s richest people.
The helicopter marked M-DLBR was last recorded in Le Castellet on November 13, 2021, while M-DLBA was last seen in Monte Carlo on March 1, according to public data. Both helicopters were registered in the British crown dependency of the Isle of Man until they were deregistered on March 3. In practice, deregistration makes an aircraft “stateless” and deprives it of a valid certificate of airworthiness, meaning it’s no longer insurable and can’t fly until it’s registered in a new country.
Margaux Aviation Limited is linked to Usmanov via its prior ownership of an Airbus A340 jet owned by Usmanov, while M-DLBR has been photographed on Usmanov’s 512-foot superyacht Dilbar. Both helicopters are associated with Dilbar, which has two helipads and is valued at $588 million by yacht valuation experts VesselsValue. Both Dilbar and the Airbus jet were
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