on d. w. ah. in the south west, a turkey tucked away in a bay near budrum lies a super yacht. almost 80 meters long. the titan sails under the flank of bermuda. but it belongs to a russian oligarch. alexander after him, off the king of steel. he is one of a dozen kremlin confidence who have brought a yard sale since russia launched its wall on you crank. to avoid international sanctions. local journalist jasa unter tracked down some of the world's most luxurious yachts. to capture his subjects on film, he no longer needs to leave his co of the mediterranean. this order that was, if russian billionaires are coming here because turkey doesn't want to get involved in the war between ukraine and russia. i nod esl they care. so asha would, i know much estimated the outlet it though in march, april, the 1st year started coming in, anchoring in the area or nothing. and then when a little in france, italy, the united states, as well as here in spain, dozens of yachts belonging to russian oligarchs have already been seized in palmer m, a yorkshire, the guardia severe national police force worked with american authorities and the f . b. i to seize tango, the 78 meta long yacht, belonging to a close ally of vladimir putin. many of the oligarchs who were able to leave russia have set course pataki our dublin on hold in the yard. your seal riveras was so loris it belongs to roman abramoff, which that it has been here since march and hasn't moved from the bay that no one knows what will happen. message in the salary says 140 meters long and cost over 400000000 euros. it's owner roman abramoff, which is russia's most famous billionaire. his impressive boat is a closely guarded fortress. the yacht is difficult to approach the inner la music that a good in chin exist homeless m a ship has a whole of armored steel and is equipped with jammer that used ultrasound disabled cameras and mobile phones of journalists within a radius of 300 to 400 meters, a le le limited capacity is on board the salarous. there's even a special security unit, a team of $20.00 to $25.00 who received military training. alaska is them all miss oscar that with despite security measures, a group of ukrainian activists managed to protest the arrival of the salaries in budrum. ah. a handful of protesters will not change the situation in turkey. the owners of russian yachts have nothing to fear yet as symbols of wealth and untouchable power . super york's a coming under unprecedented public scrutiny. monaco the super yacht capital of the globe for the annual international yorkshire over a 100 of the worlds most spectacular yachts dock. here some 530 exhibitors are invited to showcase the industry's innovations, including this small support submarine which costs over a 1000000 years grant obama melissa will that with his up all of the above. all aspects of the soupy ot industry are represented here, including interior design, sabrina monte your or, you know, he's one of the most important designers in monica. we accompany her to the mischief, to take a closer look at one of her latest creations and elaine some time. but we are on a yacht that we've just finished work on. we gave it a general refitting and a fresh look. we're lucky that we are allowed to view it as you know, our customers are very private living. there is a really nice bar and lounge to the here we went with blue and white colors like the customer wanted, and we had a lot of fun designing the cabins with the customer can. yeah. and the cabins are very simple. this is a very understated bo canyon. so chris sampson stiletto to chris. i see these yards all have one thing in common. they consume large amounts of fuel. a super your, like this one consumes about 500 liters of diesel. ah, our, and there is some 5000 of them worldwide. their carbon footprint is disproportionately latch but alternatives do exist. we leave the sunshine for poland to meet forces lap. the frenchman is pioneering a new trail, electric yacht. his boats are powered by solar energy. said this, we have incorporated solar cells into the hull of the ship. you could hit it with a hammer, it's unbreakable, come people no longer want to be seen on a yard that gobbles up thousands of leaders of fuel to chico. some. give me the ability to got his latest model, the marty joseph will undergo its final test phase in dubai. it is expected to be a sensation, graduate gunbar, no noise, no smell of fuel solar technology promises to revolutionize the yachting sector. so each of the boat charged like, and i will talk about it today. your sales are booming and not just in due by the entire arabian peninsula seems to have caught luxury sailing fever. saudi arabia is one of the sectors most promising countries talk on. i legacy engender that countries 2nd largest city. marina for hundreds of boats was built in just 6 months, i believe is gonna be that future warner boy. and while they've been by this phase more and more super yachts, like the serenity will be cruising the red sea in hong kong, french businessman eric noel, has been working in the industry for 10 years. he buys and sells your chance for the leash will sample of all to put it simply. this is a yacht, the cost around $6000000.00. the all split 3 ways. a 2000000 on that reveal in order to keep his business going. eric is constantly on the lookout for intro, still opportunities. and this is an incredible yard. it's 65 meters long. the biggest in hong kong gong i'm trying to get in touch with the owner because i have an interested buyer. let's say you markets cutting edge technology and innovation. the super yacht industry is trying to transform its image. ah, ah, saudi arabia is home to one of the most popular destinations for yacht lovers. king abdulla economic city built in a very short time. this place revolves around 2 things, business and save. the imposing serenity is moored in the marina. the 72 meter long vessel belongs to a suit, the rich greek, lebanese businessman. with room for 30 guests. the boat has 4 decks, 15 luxury cabins, private salons, and even a cinema to call the yard st sound to day gregory, inspect it clumsily. one last time. how did you check the garbage done? i opened it yes. last night. originally from greece, gregory has been serenity. is metro hotel since 2017. now he ensures everything's in order up. the bottle muster. the c 2 on the top of this, our don. yes. the maneuver the yacht safely out of the harbor. the captain receives assistance from a local, saudi arabian pilot little baby i for that out of laser, whether the with ms. allowance on the 2 little news i've been with us and we are fussing on the limits for that is always on the bus exactly in the middle of the canal. mister, my look here is what he experienced to do that as a his job on this part of the london this area. thank you very much captain. thank you with thank you very much, one. mm. one brioche damage. mission accomplished. the serenity is headed for the open sea. the captain sat course, but jetta saudi arabia, 2nd largest city. the crossing will only take 5 hours, but these days, navigating on the red sea can be risky. don't forget that the day is a goal. they had the withdrawn from yemen in i'm going to start out here and that is mean, you know, if you haven't gotten to the danger today, we will be going to, let's say, if you are mostly the crew is out and passing from these area wasn't the gun phase, named in the captain has no choice but to face the danger before leaving. he felt the yachts tanks with 22000 liters of diesel on a coat as your this would have cost him some 40000 euros super yards our gas guzzlers. but now there are alternatives perhaps, surprisingly it's in poland on the shores of the baltic sea. but the future of yachting has already launched a dance case home to former lenin shipyard. and this was the cradle of black. we're when says solidarity trade union. instrumental in bringing down the communist regime 30 years later, a technological revolution is taking place in the cities shipyards at the forefront is forces lat, born in alsace lap, left his homeland after the fall of the war and earned a fortune in the construction industry. 19 years ago, we got into the yacht business. over 20 years ago, poland was not exactly known to the luxury. could you fully luke's fancies lab is a success story. his shipyard can hardly keep up with orders, with 36 ships currently under construction and 10 nearing completion. clean energy and environmentally friendly materials are his selling points to the joint ever. chris, horsham or kate will no longer want to be seen on your their consumer, thousands of leaders of fuel ecology. it's just not eco friendly. or fortunately, you even have kids say to their parents, have you seen how much fuel we used? it is a tour forces lab employ some 2000 people. lou, his farm relies heavily on research and development to keep up with cutting edge technologies for ah, the syllabus, this is, the model will show you in production. we can show all the detail photo more clearly they are they secret? yes, many secret her law for soccer, the cell if cell strength it sunroof, is that we do everything in house on developed. we develop everything on site crew from the hall to the carbon mass, mac, and new technology. so everything is done here to stats our strength said here please show me engineering firms of such a large research and development department in the public did their job go to the c one on ccs sun nicola overseas technological innovations for her to power the boats. electric motors, he developed these unique solar panels ah, made on site, and by hand to solar panels can be adapted to any surface solar . so this is what it looks like. so food santiago schuler, the extra flexible panels will later be attached to the whole of a chevy funnel, extract super ultra light and can be made into any shape collegial, mondor kissel. cap up the 20 grey cuz he won. now, in that book and form of the plates are practically invisible and extremely robust, the british would in awe in his workshop policies. lab shows us his pride and joy, a yacht designed to be completely eco friendly. ala, there it is an exclusive pre this 24 meter catamaran will be powered solely by wind and solar energy. it should launch in a week said this happens, the solar panels are part of the hollow cook. this is our in house, peyton, discomfort level. the advantage is that they are not simply glued on it. we have incorporated solar cells into the hall of the ship. that is the stars in terms of resistance. you could hit it with a hammer, it's unbreakable. after this, she sank us this allows us to recharge the batteries that supply the 2 engines with clean electricity, including my gas bill, motel electric we are going to visit the heart of the blood curve to better then hopefully i'll go 1st alone. ok. we are here in the heart of the bible, mental this room has a ceiling height of 70 to 85 centimeters. when i took leave, housed all the electric elements here, but it's the control center of the ship, so to speak. here. you know, we've housed a huge battery pack here altogether. the batteries weigh 3 tons we could fit even more of them in, but it's perfectly adequate for our purposes. the only exception to the rule of environmental sustainability is this emergency generator, which provides extra power in case the sun doesn't shine, or the system fails. soon the yard will be cruising the warm waters of the arab emirates, her name marty joseph from others. why marie, joseph, my mother is murray murray. louise and my father is joseph. i wanted to thank them for the life they gave me. so i named the boat marie jose a little bit about some of the with the catamaran. price is estimated at 7000000 euros, but lamp has no intention of selling. he wants to keep it for his own use and to advertise his revolutionary technology. a week later, the boat is ready to leave the icy baltic seas, but warm waters. the marquis joseph will begin its journey to the emirates on board a yacht carrier. the crossing is expected to take a month and will cost forces lap $300000.00 euros. the catamaran is set to be unveiled at the annual do by boat show in march, but as we'll see, not everything goes as planned. oh, 1st to another continent. welcome to hong kong, a dense metropolis of 7500000 people. parts of china, these trading hop on the south, china seat has several ports. one is aberdeen harbor, on hong kong island. to get there, you can take a local taxi or junk. i won't be like god, you don't want to be the one that did it. eric noel, who his french has lived in hong kong since 2013. he made his fortune in toilet brushes before getting into the big business of your battery judge, which i thought it shows you is on the load is on its way. it was shipped to the yard to day and should be here by the end of january. i can show it to you in early february. it could be the 1st week of february. okay, perfect. got it on the thanks cedric. see you soon, etc. so they can anthem on it was that bessie and best turnkey rush down that dog else dog. that was a customer who would like to buy one of the builds. i have a new boat suncoast credit via see someone i've known for 10 years. yet he lost his boat in a typhoon recently with thank. yeah, he loves both sector is a french entrepreneur who owns a big factory nearby. yeah, he wants to see the boat again before sending the check. he says the money is ready to wish and i'll work out, but you never know. so i fell off as a mayor. harry coff has different services to his clients. he sells yonce, but he also offers yacht sharing something quite trendy at the moment. several owners shared both the costs and the use of about for the season. all i said are, see this is the one we have for sale at the moment. it's an incredible bow truck job, and that is owned by the same person as that yacht over there. that got aberdeen. marina club is the largest marina in hong kong, and there are plenty of luxury yachts here. the city is 20, richest families, more their boats. you don't go back to see bass. i say this is my beautiful office. only. we become partners with a company that is one of the world leaders in super york. all that don't listen all talisha normal or no normal clients. we have normal boats that we run out all for example, in thailand, hong kong or indonesia, i guess your or felony casualty launder her how gong had an easy it's just, it was in these are the odds we offer for sale? well, we have new ones from turkey, poland, or great britain, poland, and used ones like saudi barto, casual. the 50 year old entrepreneur leads a team of 15 employees from 6 different countries. bozo, missouri. okay, so eric is meeting with a potential client today. we have to be sent out on what he wants 1st. yep. so he has up towards before the family had a 100 repair and he personally had a 50 use children atlantis. 58. i was always a little. he's always had boats at the moment. he still owns a 21 meter yacht, which is already quite a big boat joy. the better in his family always had 30 meter long ones. on the last time we spoke on the phone, he wanted to get rid of his family's boat and buy a 40 meter model and what we count met. eric is meeting the customer for the 1st time. the 40 year old prospective buyer comes from a family of hong kong restaurants. ers, he knows eric by reputation. we know eric has a very good professional in this industry. so we decided just to have a drink. and, and i, he'd like to know what is our priorities, and that's how we were together for that today. how old is the moment? it was a 2013, predator 6th and 8th a gauge is that so on? yeah, if it has the chemistry seems good but eric doesn't want to say to match. so you know when we go and it's quite confidential. so i can't talk to my husband. busy their friendly or her again, that belongs to type of family that can, that we always as always had more than we always have a lot in this part of the world and it's so, so it's very important that there we stick though that i understand what they need or what fallen the encounter with the boards and to try to be as helpful as possible. breakable no deal to day, but they will stay in touch. when eric isn't working, he likes to spend his free time on yours. we'll meet up with him again later in pu cat tyler. to do so. thank you very much. now we're off to the united arab emirates, to, to buy a city built from petro dollars in the desert, sand that place of skyscrapers beaches and excess far from the tourist hotspots. a new revolution is underway. the move from black gold to green energy. and i was dry from the city center lies. the mohammed been rashid, solar park, the world's largest single site. so the park at the wheel of his off road vehicle. we meet force his lap again. this desert is where it all began. far from the freezing temperatures of poland, emperor order. it was here that i 1st had the idea integrating solar panels into boats and building environmentally friendly yacht. in almost her this is more than 3 years ago. i bought the 1st solar panels and we started testing function done today. we have a market ready product and offer fully autonomous and all the men. no. well, the demand has grown a 15 years ago. customers, we're mainly interested in earning fast boy. nowadays, speed hardly matters was ample. there's an increasing demand for sustainable alternatives with electric motor, which i think is lisa. now he just needs to win over new customers. the alsatian entrepreneur is on his way to the dubai international boat show which takes place every year in march. that doesn't. exhibitors have traveled from all over the world to present their latest products. luxury items for a clientele with limit list budgets, policies labs spare no expense for his trade fast, and he had a dozen employees flown in from poland to greet his customers. but there is one small problem. the marty joseph has still not arrived. i recognize, oh, thank you. yes i was just asking which one are they selling? they coiling equally likely. but the sale of the baldwin being who both land of the may anytime you can. okay. very good. uh, the seller. he wanted to know when the boat will be here for sure. of course he wants to see it and touch it. the boat is coming, so i gave him my contact and he will be in touch. then we will organize a private viewing or what's happening with a boat since cove. it, there have been many problems with pulling up. everything is delayed and no one knows why. oh, sip up, ha ha, ha barto with this app i can easily find the yard. so i tap on it and i can see the yard, carry it. sure. for sure. it's off the coast of oman, and travelling at a speed of 13. now love though, man says he pissy, navigate because no cut lug it will arrive tomorrow at 2 pm. local time, please cut where i knew that we are here in dubai and the ship is currently in this area. carla, it's just sitting cause 40 by an issue due by the delay of over a month is banned for business. still, there does seem to be quite a lot of interest in solar powered young. i didn't honestly, i didn't know that it exists in this way. all right, well i caught my eye because then what? i would say i would not feel good. i think you seem seriously interested. i think that he wants to 2nd boys are being lost. if he comes from the entertainment industry, he can definitely afford it. as the electric motor convinced him with definitely the 2nd. it's a novelty on the market, but i think in 5 years it will be the standard. everyone else will be offering it to, to, to a vote for families. i got them off with his electric yard on his lap is a pioneer in the industry. however, he had to postpone the big reveal the marty joseph, his yacht powder entirely by green electricity will only make its long awaited public appea