I must say that the investigative journalists at Átlátszó do a superb job when it comes to keeping an eye on the Adriatic, where politicians and businessmen close to Viktor Orbán like to spend their holidays. In 2018, Átlátszó noticed a brand new Bombardier Global 6000 luxury private jet which, although registered in Austria, was normally parked at the Budapest Airport. This plane, before the prime minister arranged to have the Hungarian army buy a luxury jet, was also used by Orbán, especially for his jaunts to football games. The journalist who at the time specialized in the comings and goings of the private jet soon enough noticed that its flights usually coincided with the moorings of the luxury yacht Lady MRD, perhaps meaning milliard or billion, on which the Hungarian investigative journalist spotted many Hungarian businessmen over the years.
Well, Lady MRD is back in the news, and it is again the journalists of Átlátszó who spotted a “big fish” this time. Following Lady MRD on a 2 x 225 horsepower dinghy, they managed to snap a photo of Péter Szijjártó and his wife on the deck of the yacht. From the photo, it is apparent that the Hungarian foreign minister was startled at the sight of the dinghy. Five or ten minutes later, he sent two members of the crew on jet skis after them. Fifteen minutes later, the crew of Lady MRD disconnected its Automatic Identification System (AIS), as a result of which the luxury yacht disappeared from the map.
The luxury yacht belongs to László Szíjj, the fourth wealthiest businessman in Hungary, whose ventures really blossomed after Fidesz won the election in 2010. Five years later, he was rich enough to buy 30% of Lajos Simicska’s Közgép. According to Forbes’ latest list, Szíjj is worth about 106 billion forints ($355 million).
According to an earlier article by Átlátszó, the businessman grew up in Tiszakécske, population 11,000, where he became the first mayor of the town in 1990. With a friend he established a small construction company, Duna Aszfalt, which gets an enormous number of government orders.
I am amazed that perhaps the majority of the Hungarian public fail to realize that, when a member of the cabinet accepts a week’s holiday on a luxury yacht whose rental would be 10 million forints a day, he is probably engaging in an illegal activity. First, it is possible that the owner of the yacht is in essence bribing him to gain future government contracts. Second, and more plausibly, it may be that Viktor Orbán demands payment in kind for favors given, which is extortion. I suspect that here we are dealing with extortion, because the foreign minister would be unlikely to have contractual dealings with a businessman who is primarily involved in construction. But whether it is bribery or extortion, it is punishable by law.
In addition to the possible legal ramifications, there is another bizarre aspect to the story. Szijjártó, who is an avid Facebook contributor with hundreds of admirers who daily thank him for all his work on their behalf, tried to give the impression that he was hard at work in his office, engaging in tough negotiations with his colleagues over the crisis in Belarus while being on his summer holiday in Croatia.
According to calculations, Szijjártó arrived in Split at 10:00 am on August 12, on the by now well-known private jet that normally takes these dignitaries to the shores of the Adriatic. On the same day Szijjártó’s office posted a photo with his “Kirgiz colleague and friend” Chingiz Aydarbekov. They concluded, he claimed, a long negotiation regarding investments and taxation. However, as 444 later learned, the photo Szijjártó posted wasn’t taken on August 12 but on some earlier occasion. According to the Golden Bridge News, the Kirgiz news agency, the two foreign ministers did talk to each other on that day, but only by telephone. On August 13, Szijjártó informed his admirers that he “talked at length with Edgars Rinkēvičs, Latvian foreign minister.” The photo depicts him, telephone in hand, standing in an office. On another photo, he is closely examining some important documents. Yet another photo which is at least a year old, shows him congratulating a team of women handballers.
At the regular Wednesday press conference, an RTL Klub reporter inquired from Gergely Gulyás, head of the prime minister’s office, about Péter Szijjártó’s trip to the Adriatic on the yacht of a man who has extensive business relations with the Hungarian government. The answer was what we would have expected. The government is not interested in the summer vacations of any and all cabinet members. He is certain that Szijjártó followed all the rules and regulations, and if there was anything illegal, the parliamentary committee on parliamentary immunity could certainly examine the case.
Today at last there was an opportunity to question the foreign minister himself about his jaunt to the Adriatic. For those who can handle the language, I recommend the video that is available in today’s Népszava because it is educational, and amusing, to see him in action. Otherwise, there is a transcription of it at the end of an article that appeared in today’s HVG. His main argument is that “a family vacation is part of his private life, and therefore he is entitled to the protection of his privacy.” As far as the rules and regulations are concerned, he claimed that he complied with all of them. Apparently, strictly speaking, this is true because the law says only that “a member of parliament in connection with his duties as a member cannot accept a gift or other free allowance in excess of the monthly amount of the member’s salary.” This law doesn’t apply to a member of the government.
Of course, we know that Szijjártó didn’t pay for this family vacation. According to his own admission, he has only 10 million forints in the bank, and he owes his parents 30 million. His trip to the Adriatic would have cost him 30-40 million forints. Even if Hungarian law does not specifically forbid government officials from accepting large gifts, it does recognize bribery and extortion as crimes. But nothing will come of this case. As long as there is no law on the books that restricts government officials from being feted by grateful or wishful businessmen, Orbán and company can claim that they were merely enjoying the company, and generosity, of personal friends. To see them as involved in some kind of illegal activity is simply a figment of the opposition’s imagination.
Apparently,Peter Szijj is in good company as ex Trump mouthpiece and brain, Steve Bannon was arrested on a similar yacht. Both of these guys
give new meaning to corruption, let alone behaving with no shame. At least Bannon was arrested.
I love the detail about Szijj’s yacht “disappearing from the map”. I can only hope that both the Orban and Trump regimes would disappear as quickly!
General comment – If Hungarian law does not effectively forbid the acceptance by Government officials of gifts is ridiculous. Even public servants in Australia are not permitted to receive gifts higher than $50 without documenting these on the public record. The lack of a such a law in Hungary encourages corrupt behaviour. In addition to the gift it is the secret deals that are done by wheelers and dealers and politicians. Corruption has become an art form in Hungary!
Romania has a 200.000 eur. de minimis treshold for “gifts”.
It appears to be acceptable to the EU.
No, your information is not accurate. The threshold in Romania is 150 euro. A person holding a public office, elected or not, is forbidden to keep a gift exceeding this value. The threshold you mentioned refers to a different crime – abuse of public office – and was included in a draft regulation which was not approved.
Thanks for that correction! The Romanian parliament wants to establish limits in order to bring down the number of corruption cases and scandals, am I right?
No, actually on the contrary, if my reading is accurate. The current limit for the abuse of public office is very low, and that is precisely the reason why so many Romanian politicians end up behind bars. There was therefore an attempt – which failed thanks to the public outcry – to bring up the threshold with respect to which the abuse of public office would be punishable by jail. Hope this is helpful.
If there were no specific prohibitive or restrictive provisions re gov ministers/officials* accepting gifts (an amazing situation) the general anti corruption articles of the penalty law treating bribes (kickbacks) would apply. Although it would by more difficult to prove the quid pro quo element (in the grand institutionalized corruption system of the Orbàn regime).
* I wouldn’t be surprised if it came out the law was amended to exclude high officials, ie. to legalize the corruption at that level, why pretending..
“Even public servants in Australia … “. Australian (Federal) Public Servants historically have shown high standards of probity and are relatively incorruptible compared to counterparts in most other countries including the USA. There are exceptions, of course, but these are rare and the penalties are severe.
Considering his maritime merits, Szijjártó has earned a new nickname.
How about Captain Haddock? Or Popeye?
Captain Hook is even better.
The Dalmation Bluebeard….robbing and pillaging all over the Magyar Tenger and making those darn refugees and latte drinkers walk the plank.
Those Hungarians voting for these crooks are completely convinced that all politicians do the same. So they might as well vote for these ones because they’re protecting them from evil migrants. It’s a vile union of corruption and moral bankruptcy. The people won’t even bat an eye. For them it’s business as usual and something they can’t change so might as well accept it. No wonder they are one of the most negative and depressed populations in Europe.
Unity, so true.
And there is this fear that the “old corrupt” government returns under the lead of Gyurcsány. I met people who get hysterical if they even think of it.
But fear there is enough in Hungary.
From a 90 years old man, the joined forces of he evil in the EU, the whole population of Africa and the middle east (except Israel) trying to get an address card in Hungary to the “propaganda” of the LGTBQ “organisation” to mention some examples we fear everything.
What a mess.
I imagine I am on a family vacation and have to hide me. How does this fit in with the addiction to want to be the big man? Isn’t it nicer to sit in a restaurant somewhere in a small fishing village than to sit alone on a giant yacht, isolated with the fear of being discovered? Why do I have to put pictures on a media of the alleged work mania when I want to go on vacation? Isn’t that a shitty life? These are questions that people in the West ask themselves.
You can safely compare sitting on a private Yacht in the international belt of the Adriatic to sitting in the cellar of a small private vineyard just outside Palermo, or on a yacht 10 nautical miles outside Marbella.
Big business is conducted from there.
I thought he wanted to make a family vacation? Big business of Fidesz is just holding out hands and lying. You don’t have to be clever and you don’t need a yacht to impress.
True – But this particular kind of boating gives an opportunity to rub elbows with som of the real high rollers, just like staying at a top hotel in Monte Carlo. Add to that, the absence of conventional jurisdiction in international waters.
On the ‘Good Ship Popeye’s’ jukebox:
https://youtu.be/VUSd_RYnxAY
’Old man rhythm is in my shoes
It’s no use sittin’ and a singin’ the blues
So be my guest you got nothing to lose’.
Fidesz cruising time: boating is just one of many wonderful activities where they have ‘nothing to lose’. Admiral Orban, Cmdrs Pete and Zsolt always keeping all boats out at high tide. It’s ‘victory at sea‘. . Next up is building yellow submarines. Might as well get some more work in below the waves.
Hey that’s great! I hope the Admiralty goes on a Corona-cruise soon, and get quarentined.
@”The luxury yacht belongs to László Szíjj, the fourth wealthiest businessman in Hungary.” On paper, we should add. Fronting (being a “stróman”) is part of being an oligarch. Sometimes you do things for your own account (you can keep part of the money you make from the construction business but of course you have to pay kickback too) — but you most certainly also have to do favors. Almost certainly the yacht is ultimately owned by the Orban-clan. Szíjj is just helping Orban because Orban doesn’t have the legitimate money to own it, or even if he had the money, it would look a bit too incongruent with his “average joe image”. This is so even though average (especially rural) Hungarians do expect politicians too be rich, and note that Orban’s elderly but still very active father is making so much money from his quarry, one of whose reliable clients is in fact Szíjj, that Orban sr. could also help out his son by claiming that the yacht actually belongs to him (Orban sr.). Just as Szíjjártó’s father claimed that Szíjjártó’s house was bought from family money (when it turned out that the house couldn’t have been purchased from legitimate… Read more »
Luxury yachts are inevitably short on space. This one is a small yacht as befits a small oligarch of a small country. The space is needed for a number of crew members. The guests live cheek by jowl and the entire arrangement is very uncomfortable. Since the perishables are likely to do just that the food is usually poor, unless they put into port to pick up fresh supplies. There is no space to exercise unless it has a gym or if you want to swim in shark infested waters. But worse, there is no escape. I would strongly prefer a stay at a great French, German or Swiss chateaux. That is class and not swank, but I doubt if the regime members have either the taste or the connections in that class.
Aida – Applying my cynical scrutinizer function to today’s topic, one thing becomes appearent: For politicians who are aware of the legal responsibilities they are normally subject to, the highest value of using of boats and planes for “recreation” purposes lies not in the transportation or privacy of close quarters. It lies in the access to international sea and airspace, which effectively are twilight zones of legality, as we know it. In that space, you can conduct business and carry out transactions and other deeds in breech of conventions, without technically being responsible for any National legality issues on the basis of your actions. See?
Michael, I am so naive. I did, of course, go on holidays with family and colleagues and their families. The rule about conversation over that time was always “no shop”.
Out of the literally thousands of criminal activities that each and everyone is the hallmark of the mafia state that Orban has established in Hungary, let me dwell only on one aspect, the theme of which is the state of the Hungarian roads. And all this is tied to today’s HS theme. Now, if one crosses from Switzerland to Austria or from Germany to France, the existence of the state-borders between any two countries is invisible, just as is the state of the road infrastructure. In contrast however, if the traveller crosses by car the Hungarian-Austrian border on the M1, this fact cannot escape anyone. Not that the condition of the M1 in Hungary is excellent, just the opposite. But rolling onto the last 300-400 metres long Hungarian section of the road between the two countries is like being in a third world country somewhere in the African continent. This short and winding section, full of badly repaired potholes and cracks, the surface of which is like driving on the Moon, is both a shame to Hungary and a mystery to the daily 20-30 thousand travellers the pass to and from Austria. It is a shame that a… Read more »
The answer is simple, but unpleasant: EU is not a parenting organisation, it’s a business association.
OK, of course I do realise that the democratic ideas of the Union exists only on paper, but supporting a regime financially and politically that grown into a fascist one under the aegis of the EU is a bit too rich to swallow. If this kind of mafia state enjoys the blessing of the EU, then I for one had enough of them both…
The list of contradictory practices and (benign and malicious) neglect flourishing under the EU umbrella is very long. And even worse – when you compare with the other big players on the world scene, probably the most sober.
What would it take to stop lying??
Re: d929: ‘Now, getting back to Péter Szijjártó, the Hungarian Foreign Minister. His only credit to his name when he was nominated by Orban that his English was better than his boss’. He is a political lightweight and dealt with accordingly by his western counterparts. In the real world of international politics he is zero, he is nobody. Him, Orban, and all those that are part and parcel of the regime’s darlings, do not create, do not innovate, and do not build; they are simply fabricate success’. So much for the Magyar diplomatic service. Don’t think there’s much ‘gravitas’ in the ‘go out there and fetch-it’ fellows with diplomacy so centralized. Are these ‘public servants’ really ‘statesmen’ in the highest sense of the word? Is there a capability somewhere to take a higher road? Orban shows their world as an oyster. Go and partake. But they refuse to acknowledge they’ve been trolling with bad fish that swim with hooks that have been in their mouths for quite awhile. And that cannot help producing a disagreeableness in the job of managing ‘representation’ and speaking for their nation. Hypocrisy has to stink out then in statements of this, that and such. Diplomatic… Read more »
Your account supports my old suspicion that since the Baltic EU-net was tightened, such a weak state-organization is the perfect front for the Russian whitewash economy interface (EU-based banks and chambers) which handle the transactions for sanctioned Russian business through unsanctioned 3rd party operators who front the oligarks. The amounts of money flowing through is absurd, and rewards are handsome – But the involved people have to be careful where they flash the lolly.
Dos
You are grossly exaggerating with the M1 freeway or “the African continent”:
– the M1 is less shiny, but still pretty good (eg. much better than many US freeways).
The striking difference is with the small country roads some of which are so bad in Hu that when driving my low clearance car I have to weave around to avoid hitting the bumps. Some stretches are a bit African with many almost a foot deep potholes, but nothing beats Africa, I’ve been there, for mud go to Russia though.
I have not travelled over the section of the M1 you mention for some time, so I can’t comment on that, but I have to say that in my experience I agree with Observer. I regard the management and design of Hungary’s motorways in technical terms as first class. Try driving from Belgrade, and you can feel the difference as soon as you reach the border. Far better signage, no stupidly placed and over the top speed restrictions for the benefit of police coffers/pockets, far better management of repairs, with clear warnings in Hungary. Not so in Serbia. It has AWFUL road management/design – such annoyingly long speed restrictions that if you observe them has drivers honking behind you. Of course, the motorway fees make a lot of money for the state, which in Hungary means the oligarchs – remember when there used to be, I think it was 3-day (or was it 5-day?) stickers, which they scrapped to make everyone buy 10-day ones about 10 years ago? One politician was on record as sayiing: “It’s mostly foreigners who buy the 3-day vignette” as part of the reasoning, ie screw the foreigners. Sorry, there are many things wrong in Orban’s… Read more »
A similar case from the Swabian Lothar Späth CDU if you live in a State under the rule of law the following happens. The dream ship affair or sailing trip affair was a political scandal that became known on 28 December 1990 and led to the resignation of Lothar Späth as Minister President of Baden-Württemberg on 13 January 1991. Two journalists from Südwestfunk had learned that Späth had traveled to the Aegean Sea with the boss of the company SEL It turned out that Späth had neither paid anything for his vacation nor for the fact that the company’s plane was given to him. When a press agency reported rumors about Späth, the Südwest Presse prematurely published an article by Martin Born that revealed the facts. The ensuing debate was further intensified by the fact that the public prosecutor’s office accepted expenses for Späth’s amusements as operating expenses of companies. The fact that SEL had been awarded the contract to equip all state authorities with fax machines without a call for tenders in the year of the Aegean trip was not the only sensational thing; flights with the Concorde to Martinique and discreet vacations all alone were also part of… Read more »
Don, no question that democracy and rule of law are no warranties that there is no corruption. But you wrote the words “and led to the resignation of….” …. and here for sure no name of a Hungarian mafia member will be found. Here press and prosecutors are presenting corruption as normality and perfectly legal.
Späth was probably the most corrupt Schwab politician ever. He saw no problem in going on a holiday paid by one of the companies that he did business with.Sorry, only in German:
https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13507184.html
Can you imagine that he, his wife and 6 other people were the only passengers on that Concorde flight?
His holidays must have cost more than a million Deutsche Mark …
„Späth was probably the most corrupt Schwab politician ever“ … but the winner iiiiis Huuunngaarryy. Did you know that when the Concorde was at cruising altitude, you could put your hand between the computer panels while it was on the ground, there was only room for one paper thickness.
I couldn’t even have paid for an economy seat. But I can imagine it.
To top off today’s post, here’s the latest related news:
After returning from his “working trip” on the Adriatic, Petike, a kakaska*, threatens to fire those in his Ministry who want to work from home during the epidemic
*for nickname thanks to [former] commenter ExTor
source: https://444.hu/2020/08/26/szijjarto-kirugast-igert-azoknak-akik-otthonrol-akartak-dolgozni-a-jarvany-alatt
note: in most countries working from home, if possible, is now, during the Corona pandemic, strongly recommended to all by health care authorities and governments!
OT … I have found something where the Hungarians are the best. Mafia corruption cancer is not yet recorded.
https://tinyurl.com/y2md4lxz
😀 ☝️ ☝️ ☝️
Thanks! Brilliant cartoon!
… meg a kakaska tud úszni, kukurikú [cock-a-doodle-doo]…
minden kakas úr a maga szemétdombján
every cock will crow upon his own dunghill
OT: According to Zavecz-polls, Fidesz sgnificantly improved its popularity in the general population, from 31% in March to 36% in August. The portion of those without a party decreased from 33% to 28%. In other words people actively chose Fidesz, and ignored – the mute, impotent and bickering – opposition. The opposition could not improve its position at all in 6 months, this was a lost time for them. (I mentioned the very top opposition politician I met on a Balaton beach during the height of the Kaleta scandal who did not use his phone all day, who was just strolling around with his young child). Fidesz improved its popularity among those under 40, rural towns (not villages) and people with degrees. Ie. the more liberal set who would more likely to vote for the opposition. No sign of any discontent due to economic issues, people are content and approve of Orban’s leadership. It would be good to see once, just once that the opposition improves but that just never happens. I’m not surprised. (Luckliy the Tranzit Festival, “the coolest festival for right-wing youth”, where almost all opposition parties, except for DK, would have appeared in various supporting roles assisting… Read more »
Just came across an article in English in the National Review which well summarizes Orbán’s nationalistic and sleazy rule, written by someone from the American Enterprise Institute:
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/08/viktor-orban-fidesz-party-harmed-hungary/
worth a look…
Bimbi, Thanks for this very good article which clearly shows that the Fidesz story of “Hungary is the best in the EU” is built on lies and fake news!
This article today in the National Review is also well worth reading
titled “The Carnage in Kenosha” https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-carnage-in-kenosha/.
The situation in that smaller Wisconsin town has now fallen apart and a white militia group, calling themselves the Kenosha guard, with semiautomatic rifles were roaming the streets of Kenosha last night and killed several anti police rioters. It is legal in Wisconsin to publicly carry weapons on the street, including military style ones. I as readers of this blog know am now often carrying a legally permitted concealed hand gun here in Chicago as is my wife and many others. It is possible we could see renewed rioting and looting here in Chicago this weekend. It is all incredibly disturbing, like something out of a novel about the coming of a race war in the USA.
@Istvan Chicago, 1:02pm
You paint a very gloomy picture but ultimately there has to be, and will be, a recognition that, indeed, Black Lives do Matter. The US has seen these disturbances before. Somehow the trend has to be towards tolerance and I am sure that it will come, but more guns cannot be part of the solution. We wish you peace and safety, Istvan.
Shouldn’t we tell him that he got everything he wanted?
Istva, thanks for this background info!
Interesting enough (for me at least) I already read an article on this in the conservative German newspaper FAZ which shows that Germans are really worried about the US race situation.
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/wahl-in-amerika/zwei-tote-bei-protesten-gegen-polizeigewalt-in-kenosha-
Hungarian riches. Back in 2017 Mészáros was listed at the poverty line of € 339 million:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hungarians_by_net_worth
and Szijj struggling along on € 338 million.
Now, the Budapest Business Journal lists neither Meszaros nor Szijj among the “top ten”:
https://bbj.hu/news/the-10-richest-people-in-hungary_107068
For 2019, Mészáros is listed as getting by on € 913.4 million (No. 2 in Hungary):
https://dailynewshungary.com/the-richest-hungarian-billionaires-in-2019-and-how-their-fortune-increased-over-the-years/
but Szijj is not listed in the top five.
As of today’s date, Mészáros is listed at $ 1.2 billion, which just helps him scrabble into the Euro billionaires list too:
https://www.forbes.com/profile/lorinc-meszaros/
Whichever way you write it, that is a lot of theft from the people of Hungary by his puppet-master, again and again and again… Not bad for a guy who still signs with his right thumb print.
Come to think about it:
this absurd case of a half literate village gas fitter who caught a second wind late in life and became the richest man in a country in 7 years all on government contracts, and this had nothing to do with his former neighbor and current dictator Orbàn !? In your face &@!¥§…
So many damaged souls in this place…
Private mooring for Lady MRD at the front door of Szijjártó’s ministery
https://444.hu/2020/08/27/jachtparkolot-alakitottak-ki-a-kulugyminiszterium-elott-az-utcan
funny
–people change, some a lot–
“Out of solidarity with demonstrations by Belarusian youth against violations of the law, Hungarian youth organizations of the parliamentary parties held on Monday night a demonstration in front of Belarusian embassy in Budapest. The solidarity was characterized by a four-party agreement.” –MTI, 2006.Mar.27*
The demonstration in Budapest was organized by Fidelitas [OV’s youth “troups”], its president Szijjártó Péter stated: “Today, there are places in Europe where dictators are trampling on human freedoms. On behalf of the Hungarian youth, we call on the Belarusian leadership to end the violations as soon as possible.”
–some even change fully within 15 years–
source: https://444.hu/2020/08/28/szijjarto-a-feherorosz-nagykovetseg-elott-tuntetett-lukesenka-diktaturaja-ellen-2006-ban
*note the demonstration was held less than 2 weeks before parliamentary election in Hungary [2006.Apr.09]… and that might have been Fidelitas’ real reason for organizing it...
24. Aug. 2020 Small demonstration in front of the Belarusian embassy in Budapest this evening. https://twitter.com/VKJudit/status/1297990858118234115
European Trade Union Institute [etui.org] analysed the economic policy-making in the first phase of the epidemic in five Central Europe countries, Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Did OV’s government consult with:
–Trade Unions? NO
–Employers’ organisations? NO
–Tripartite bodies? NO
–Civil society? NO
OV’s government was the only one which “achieved” only NO’s!
Furthermore was remarked about OV’s policies:
–Exclusive ruling by decrees
–Central bank intervention
Item and attached image courtesy of https://twitter.com/eublogo/
Full report at https://www.etui.org/publications/mitigating-covid-19-effect
Petike’s yacht reached even the waters from the German [real!] public media; “strangely” the home “public” media still wasn’t able to inform people in Hungary about it…
not one letter in “public” M1 hirado [“news”] from the Adriatic “front”!
source: https://444.hu/2020/08/28/a-nemet-kozmedia-hosszu-cikkben-irt-szijjarto-jachtozasarol-mikozben-az-mtva-meg-mindig-nem-talalja-eleg-erdekesnek-a-tortenetet
article German [real!] public media: https://www.dw.com/de/ungarn-au%C3%9Fenminister-p%C3%A9ter-szijj%C3%A1rt%C3%B3-urlaubt-auf-strohmann-luxusyacht/a-54702083
Note: DW even mentions that the “private” yacht seems more like a yacht of the state, or better said of those currently in and around the OV’s government!