New Delhi, April 28 -- Even as the blockade of Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Iran war has led to major supply chain disruptions and dented emerging economies, a Russian billionaire has sailed through the critical waterway unscathed - and not clandestinely, rather flamboyantly.

Alexey Mordashov, a sanctioned billionaire with links to Russian president Vladimir Putin's key allies, traversed the Strait of Hormuz in a luxury yacht on Saturday, BBC reported.

The 142-metre-long Nord luxury boat - a superyacht if you will - is estimated to be worth over $500 million and is one of the very few vessels to transit the blockaded shipping lane at the heart of the West Asia conflict. One of the largest yachts in the world, Nord has 20 staterooms, a s...