Oligarch’s superyacht to be sold to benefit Ukraine

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A $200 million luxury yacht owned by Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, an oligarch and friend of Vladimir Putin, is to be sold at auction after its seizure in Croatia earlier this year. Host Carol Hills tells the story of the 92.5-meter superyacht, Royal Romance. 

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