Posted on 03/21/2022 3:18:38 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
Working in exile, Alexey Navalny’s team of anti-corruption activists have released a new investigation linking a $700-million superyacht to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The luxury vessel, officially registered to an offshore company in the Marshall Islands, is allegedly crewed by members of Russia’s Secret Service (the FSO).
The Scheherazade is one of only 14 yachts in the world that are at least 140 meters (459 feet) long — and according to The New York Times, it’s the only superyacht of its kind whose owner isn’t publicly unknown. On paper, the ship belongs to an offshore company from the Marshall Islands...
Team Navalny was unable to uncover documentary evidence that the yacht belongs to Vladimir Putin. However, in the words of lead investigator Maria Pevchikh, they were able to find “better proof” linking the Scheherazade to Putin: allegedly, officers from Russia’s Secret Service — the Federal Protective Service (FSO), which is primarily tasked with guarding the Russian president — work on board the ship.
The ship’s captain, Guy Bennet-Pearce, is apparently a British national; the rest of the crew are Russian citizens. Using the passport details of the crew members and leaked airtravel data, Navalny’s associates found that the people working on board the ship fly to Italy “as if on rotation.”
The investigation also found that contact information for the ship’s chief officer, Sergey Grishin, is saved in various people’s phones as “Sergey FSO.” In addition, Grishin’s registered address is in Sochi, where the FSO’s Caucasus branch is located.
“On the first two pages of the crew list alone, we see 23 people, of which almost half have ties to the FSO...people are working on it who are officially listed as Putin’s bodyguards and personal staff,” says lead investigator Maria Pevchikh in the video.
(Excerpt) Read more at meduza.io ...
Following these guys is interesting, lots of videos on Russian Yacht movement and Arrests. https://www.youtube.com/c/eSysmanSuperYachts/videos
Also this video about Putin’s yacht. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/03/21/at-sea-with-the-fso
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