While commercial ships and oil tankers struggled to get by, this Soviet-born billionaire’s $300 million superyacht left Dubai and cruised through the Strait of Hormuz on a 2,000-mile journey to the Maldives

• The futuristic vessel, Motor Yacht A, owned by sanctioned businessman Andrey Melnichenko, left Dubai’s Port Rashid on July 4.
• According to vessel-tracking analysis by YouTube channel The Yacht Report, th