The Scheherazade, one of the largest and most expensive superyachts in the world, dominates the waterfront at Marina di Carrara, Italy. Photo: The New York Times.
is named Scheherazadeis a superyacht that is 140 meters long and worth $ 700 million. According to versions, its real owner is Russian President Vladimir Putin and it is docked for “maintenance work” at Carrara Marina, in the Tuscany region, Italy. That country’s Economy Minister, David Franco, on Friday ordered the blockade of the luxury boat, which has the Cayman Islands flag.
The ANSA news agency reported the proposal, preventing the move Scheherazade. Two days ago preparations began on the ship denoting a imminent departure of the yacht into the open seaThat would explain the Government’s proposal.
The supership has been controlled since the war between Russia and Ukraine began like other properties owned by Russia’s famous oligarchs, billionaires forming a true caste of merchants, financiers and industrialists who have thrived since the dissolution of the communist Soviet Union, on January 1, 1992.
The oligarchs are closely linked to Russian power and, therefore, to President Putin. In the West they are considered a source of continuity Corruption of the system.
Who is listed as the owner of Scheherazade is the oligarch Eduard Khudaynato, former president of the Rosnet company and owner of the famous villa Altachiaralocated on the promontory of Portofino, another favorite place for Russian oligarchs who want to spend their holidays and vacations in Italy.
Italy requested that Khudaynato be included in the blacklist of those authorized by Europe, which leads to the kidnapping of Scheherazade. That’s the official reason for the “freezing” that prevents the Carrara Marina superyacht from moving.
The Guardia de Finanzas, the tax police that controls financial crimes in Italy, has already frozen the yacht, worth $ 530 millionfrom another oligarch, Andrey Melnichenka.
Versions about the real owner of Scheherazade started after the newspaper New York Times discovered that crew members were calling “Putin’s yacht” on the boat.
Between controversies and denials, the names of the crew began to be published. And found that aboard there members of the Russian secret service.
The group of detained and imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny has revealed that a September 2020 list of 23 crew has been featured names of officials linked to the Kremlin.
Like Sergey Grishin, number two on the superyacht, and Anatoly Furtel, of state security services. So was Evgheni Schvedov, a military security officer and personally trusted by the Russian president.
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Source: Clarin
