Putin hides from the sanctions of the fleet of his yachts worth at least $ 680 million - media (photo)

Experts believe that the yacht was renamed, and it is difficult to say when it left Kaliningrad, because according to the tracking service of the ship Marinetraffic, the ship transponder was disconnected at least on August 30. The publication reminds that Kosatka left Hamburg's port shortly before the Russian invasion of Ukraine - February 7. In Germany, the ship was repaired on the Blohm+VOSS shipyards, it was this company that built it in 2014.

The reservation did not prevent: on June 2, the US Ministry of Finance imposed sanctions on Graceful - together with three other yachts related to Putin. Kosatka is the second largest superintendent of Vladimir Putin. The vessel is registered in Russia, it has a indoor pool that turns into a theater and dance floor, a helicopter playground and apartments for 12 guests. The owner's cabin is equipped with a winemaker, which can be stored up to 400 bottles.

According to the Air Force, the official owner of the yacht is the Moscow JSC "Argument", this company is involved in the construction of Putin's Palace on the Black Sea coast in the Gelendzhik area. The company and its only shareholder Andriy Gasilov also came under the sanctions of the US Treasury on June 2. In addition to "killer", at least five superflies are associated with Putin's name. The largest of them is the 140-meter Scheherazade worth $ 507 million.

Its technical owner is considered to be oil and gas billionaire Edward Khilynatov, but researchers are convinced that it actually belongs to the President of Russia. 57-meter olympia costs $ 22 million; 54-meter Chayka-$ 18 million. Also in the personal fleet of the Russian dictator 46-meter yacht Shelest worth $ 17 million; and 32-meter NEGA. In general, according to VesselsValue, the Putin yacht fleet costs at least $ 680 million.

Under US sanctions are Olympia and Kosatka yachts, which has been on the list of sanctions in the former name. The Scheherazade ship was frozen in May by the Italian authorities and then changed registration for Malaysian, Olympia "registered" on the Cayana Islands. Putin's other courts have Russian registration. It should be noted that the West constantly strengthens sanctions against Vladimir Putin's environment, but he is not included in the sanctions lists.