Putin's yacht "Scheherazade" was arrested in Italy
7 May 2022
The Italian government has seized the yacht of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Scheherazade. This was reported by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance.
The decision to arrest was made in accordance with EU sanctions imposed due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. An investigation by the Italian Financial Police said it had established “significant economic and business ties between the beneficial owner of the Scheherazade boat and prominent representatives of the Russian government.”
The fact that the Scheherazade yacht, worth 75 billion rubles, belongs to Putin, became known after an investigation by Alexei Navalny’s team. Investigators studied the list of everyone who works on the yacht. It was compiled in the same Italian port where the yacht was discovered - Marina di Carrara. This document contains the name of each crew member and all details, from date of birth to visa number. All names are Russian, and almost all of them are associated with the Federal Security Service (FSO).
In total, on the first two sheets of the crew list there are 23 people, of which almost half are related to the FSO. Many are recorded in phone books as people working in the Caucasian Federal Protective Service, which serves Putin’s residence in Bocharov Ruchey. For some, the postscript “Bocharka” or “Bocharov Ruchey” appears directly next to their name.
The Sun published photographs of Scheherazade. It turned out that the ship is equipped with gold toilet paper holders, a personal judo room, a billiards room and a huge Jacuzzi. There is also an aqua discotheque at Scheherazade - a dance floor that can turn into a swimming pool.
"Scheherazade", apparently, was used by Kabaeva (the media called Kabaeva Scheherazade since the beginning of the 2000s). Read about Kabaeva and other Putin supporters, who for some reason were not subject to global sanctions, in The Insider.
