Putin may own 459-foot superyacht worth $700 million sitting in Italian port: US authorities
By Bob Brigham
Published March 11, 2022
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Russian President Vladimir Putin may be the owner of a $700 million superyacht in dry dock in a port in Italy, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing "multiple people briefed on the information."
"United States intelligence agencies have made no final conclusions about the ownership of the superyacht — called the Scheherazade — but American officials said they had found initial indications that it was linked to Mr. Putin. The information from the U.S. officials came after The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Italian authorities were looking into the 459-foot long vessel’s ownership and that a former crew member said it was for the use of Mr. Putin," the newspaper reported.
There has been a great deal of interest in the efforts by western authorities to seize mega-yachts owned by Russian oligarchs, which are being investigated by the Treasury Department’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence, and the Department of Justice.
https://www.rawstory.com/russian-yacht-seizures-2656932655/
If these ships are found to be used by the oligarchs in Russia, I think they should be put on some reef and sunk or use them for military exercises and sunk......
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