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Mr Bridge said he was unaware Mr Abramovich also controlled the companies that were chartering the yachts.

The UK government is chartering another flight for British nationals to leave Lebanon on Sunday, as it urges people to exit the country which is gripped by conflict.

The barrister for the investors suggested to the court that some of the proceeds had been spent on "chartering yachts and all sorts of jollifications".

Before the war, the sheikh was sometimes criticized for his lavish choices, like chartering a private jet to attend the World Cup in Qatar in 2022.

Yacht owners who regularly lease out their ships can write off losses related to chartering, but ProPublica could find no evidence of the Michaela Rose being chartered.