Aol: NEWS SEARCH TD: NJEW RoXOR ROXOR LEARN MORE IS HEI HAPPENING NOW (ttaw) About 130 rescued from rubble of Mariupol theater; New strikes hit Kyiv, Lviv Russian oligarch yacht troubles continue as White House promises: 'That is just the beginning' BEN WERSCHKUL yahoo!finance March 18 , 2022, 8.48 AM The fate of impressive watercraft owned by sanctioned allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin has become one of the more unexpected barometers for how the sanctions imposed by the West are going: Tracking the status of these incomprehensibly luxurious vessels has become sport online, with experts including former CIA officer Alex Finley who recently appeared on Yahoo Finance (video above) providing updates. President Biden mentioned the yachts in his State of the Union (SOTU) address, and the topic has come up in the White House briefing room.