Bidding will soon begin on one of the world's largest yachts, seized three years ago by U.S. authorities who say it was owned by a sanctioned Russian billionaire.

The 348-foot Amadea was seized in Fiji in 2022 by the Justice Department. The agency said U.S. dollars and financial institutions were used to pay for maintenance on the luxury vessel, despite sanctions against its purported owner, gold mining billionaire Suleiman Kerimov.

File: The super yacht Amadea passes San Diego as it comes into the San Diego Bay Monday, June 27, 2022, seen from Coronado, Calif. The $325 million superyacht seized by the United States from a sanctioned Russian oligarch arrived in San Diego Bay on Monday. Gregory Bull / AP

Florida contractors National Maritime Services and Fraser Yachts will admi

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