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applegrove

(118,503 posts)
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 08:20 PM Mar 2022

U.S. Officials Say Superyacht Could be Putin's

U.S. Officials Say Superyacht Could be Putin’s

March 11, 2022 at 6:31 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 14 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/03/11/u-s-officials-say-superyacht-could-be-putins/

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“American officials are examining the ownership of a $700 million superyacht currently in a dry dock at an Italian seacoast town, and believe it could be associated with President Vladimir Putin, the New York Times reports.

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Best_man23

(4,897 posts)
2. Have to admit I'm torn
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 09:04 PM
Mar 2022

Between seizing the yacht, selling it, and sending the money to Ukraine, or letting the Ukrainians place 1-2 well-placed torpedoes into the hull and sending it to Davy Jones.

erronis

(15,185 posts)
7. It's the Russian people's money that bought this yacht. Let's repurpose it for humanitarian uses.
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 09:28 PM
Mar 2022

Putin the little KGB officer is now one of the richest people on this planet. He got that be stealing from the people of Russia.

There's no way to right this wrong, unfortunately.

magicarpet

(14,124 posts)
3. Take it up into the Black Sea,...
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 09:04 PM
Mar 2022

... park it off the coast near Putie's super luxu r ious mansion,.. then use the hyper expensive yacht as target practice for antiship missiles and torpedoes. To train the navy boys.

FakeNoose

(32,599 posts)
6. Pootie is supposedly hiding his girlfriend and 4 kids in Switzerland
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 09:18 PM
Mar 2022

His owning a super-yacht in northern Italy wouldn't be out of the question. But how does he get there without every spy organization the world knowing about it?

Hmmmm .....

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