Nord Superyacht Slips Through Hormuz: Who Pulls Strings?

0:00On April 28th, a super yacht named Nord tied to sanctioned Russian billionaire Alexei Mordeshov just slipped through the strait of Hormuz. Iran has mostly locked down the key waterway amid the U.S. standoff, but this 465-foot vessel worth over 368. Million pounds made the trip from Dubai on Friday afternoon, crossed early Saturday and hit Muscat by Sunday morning. The strait normally carries about a fifth of the world's oil, with over 125 ships passing daily before Iran's restrictions kicked in. Late February Now, only a few commercial carriers go through each day, thanks to the shaky ceasefire and the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports. Mordeshov, hit with U.S. and EU sanctions after Russia's Ukraine and Beijing for his Kremlin links, isn't the official owner. But records show the yacht registered to a Russian firm owned by his wife, base where a steel empire, sever stall, operates. He's seen as close to Putin. No clear word on how Nord got clearance amid the shutdown, a rep for Mordeshov to climb

1:02common. Meanwhile, Iran's foreign minister flew to Moscow Monday for talks with Putin after mediation shots in Pakistan and Oman. With Russia and Iran deepening their alliance, this yacht's easy passage spotlights the uneven rules in these tense waters, leaving everyone wondering, who pulls strings behind the scenes.