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Who is Viktor Medvedchuk?

He is an Ukrainian based oligarch and close friend of Russian President Putin. He is known as one of the ‘Kiev Seven’ and founder of a Kiev based law firm. He was born in August 1954. He is married to Oksana Marchenko. He has 2 daughters: Irina Medvedchuk, Daryna Medvedchuk.

The Kiev Seven are a group of very succesfull businessmen. The Kyiv Seven includes Medvedchuk, Valentyn Zhursky, Grygoriy and Ihor Surkis, Bohdan Hubsky, Yuriy Karpenko and Yuriy Liakh who died in 2004.

The Ukrainian based oligarch is said to be the owner of the yacht Royal Romance.  

Previous Yachts

SuperYachtFan thinks Royal Romance is a replacement of the 2008 CRN yacht Romance. As both yachts have the same R in their logos. After some intensive search on the Internet, SuperYachtFan found this blog. Which mentions Medvedchuk as the owner of the yacht Romance.

If that information is correct, than Medvedchuk is also the owner of the Royal Romance yacht. Romance was sold and is now named Royal Rubin. We think she is named after an International Grand Prix stallion and is owned by a UK owner.

Kiev Seven

K7’s business background began in 1992 through offshore companies, such as Berly Management, New Port Management. And Ometa 21st Century National Investment Fund, a multi-profile joint stock company. Its branches included Ometa Trust, Ometa Invest, Ometa Inster and Ometa Private.

These entities turned out to have other partners, such as Bohdan Hubsky. Who used to be the Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Ometa Inster insurance firm. With Grygoriy Surkis as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. In 1992, the group’s entities imported oil to Ukraine to sell it internally.

Slavutych Concern

In 1994, K7’s commercial entities set up Slavutych Industrial and Financial Concern. Which is a closed joint stock company. The multi-profile company operated on the fuel, oil refining, grain, sugar, steel and other markets. With Mr. Hubsky as Chairman of the Board and Grygoriy Surkis as CEO.

According to some sources, more than 2,000 major clients were buying oil products supplied by Slavutych in 1998.

Dynamo Kiev

K7’s business grew and diversified. Slavutych Nafta, Slavutych Agro and Ukrainian Gas Complex CJSC began to develop individual profitable business lines. Later joined by Dynamo Kyiv Football Club, headed by Grygoriy Surkis (source: Ukrainianweek.com).

President Putin

Russian President Putin is the god father of Medvedchuk's daughter Daryna. Medvedchuk also owned the three largest television stations in Ukraine: UT-1, Inter, and 1+1.

Viktor Medvedchuk’s Net Worth

According to some sources his net worth is between US$ 460 million and US$ 800 million.  He owns a large residence in Crimea, Ukraine. He also owns a house in Switzerland.

Private Jet

Medvedchuk owns a Dassault Falcon 900EX private jet with registration P4-GEM.  The jet was built in 2010. The jet often travels between Kiev, Switzerland and the Cote D’Azur. A Dassault Falcon 900EX has a list price of US$ 45 million.

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M/Y Royal Romance

Royal Romance is a 92 meter Feadship built as hull #1005, designed by De Voogt Naval Architects.

She has a steel hull and an aluminum superstructure. She is powered by two MTU diesel engines. She has a top speed of 16 knots. And a cruise speed of 13.5 knots. Her range is more than 4,500nm.

Her length is 92 m (305ft), her beam 14.3 meter (46 ft). Her draught is 3.85m (12.8 ft).

Interior

Her interior design is done by Seymour Diamond. One of her features is a 12 meter pool (4 meters wide), which flows into a waterfall.

Crew Members

Royal Romance accommodates 14 guests and 22 crew members. She was delivered to her owner in July 2015.

Yacht Value

Royal Romance has an estimated value of more than US$ 200 million. According to Dutch Court documents the build price of the yacht was EUR 150 million.

Yacht Charter

The boat is not available for yacht charter. And she is not listed for sale.

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Viktor Medvedchuk Resources

wikipedia.org/ViktorMedvedchuk

files.korrespondent.net/persons/medvedchuk

www.nytimes.com/friend-of-putin

www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua

www.private-jet-fan.com/russian_jet_owners

The yacht at the De Vries yard in Makkum

Royal Romance was built at Feadship as Hull #1005

Follow the location of the Royal Romance yacht live

Royal Romance

The 2008 CRN yacht Romance, with the same R in the logo.

Medvedchuk’s private jet, a Dassault Falcon with registration P4-GEM

Viktor Medvedchuk Private Jet

Inside The Yacht

As far as we know there are no interior photos of the yacht available. But these photos hereunder are of Medvedchuk’s previous yacht the CRN Romance. And probably give a good impression of the interior of Royal Romance.

The interior of the yacht Romance.

The dining room on board Medvedchuk’s yacht.