<Posted on 05/07/2022 1:41:37 PM PDT by simpson96
A giant superyacht said to be owned by Vladimir Putin was last night set to be seized by Italian authorities after they recommended it be impounded as part of sanctions against Russia.
Authorities in Italy said the $700 million The Scheherazade, which is more than 450ft long, and boasts spas, swimming pools and two helicopter pads was connected to a 'significant person' but did not name them.
The yacht has been the subject of an investigation by the Italian financial police since the end of March and has been in dock at Marina di Carrara near Pisa since September undergoing a refit.
The late night announcement came after fears grew that The Scheherazde was about to slip away and head to international waters and avoid any possible sanctions.
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(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
"In the United Kingdom, a DSMA-Notice (Defense and Security Media Advisory Notice) is an official request to news editors not to publish or broadcast items on specified subjects for reasons of national security..."
British journalist Peter Hitchens, the contrarian conservative journalist and outspoken defender of British tradition and traditional values including a Christian aversion to war, now finds himself constrained in his work by a government order.
------------ Special Report: British Journalist Peter Hitchens Censored By British Government With Special Order Amidst Ukraine Tensions
May 1, 2022
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This means that the Brit journopuppets who ARE writing about Ukraine are writing government-approved pieces.
And the government is firmly behind Ukraine...
The Eye-ties best hope Pootie doesn't turn off the Russian energy spigots to Italy himself... 
Sorry...I don’t agree with this confiscation sh**.
Oh yeah? So they’re gonna hand it over to Ukraine then, right? :/
fixed it
Putin will just pull out a few platinum bars and buy a new one.
The Ukies won't be able to use it, being as how they're going to be a land-locked country in the near future...
Reminds me of a “Playboy” cartoon. There’s a man in a smoking jacket with a martini in his hand looking down from a super yacht at a naked guy frolicking in a skiff with a gorgeous naked woman. Behind the man is a fat woman in a lounge chair holding a sunshade to reflect the sun on her chin. She says, “What do you mean, ‘there he is and here I am?’”
The notion that Putin cruises around the world on a private yacht seems ridiculous on the face of it
Have you ever been to sea, Vladdie?
Has Italy (or NATO) officially declared war against Russia? If not, by what right do they have in committing this act of piracy? I’m not a big fan of Putin but this would certainly appear to violate international law. Not to mention the fact we STOLE $300 billion of Russian dollar assets stored at Central Banks. Short of a declaration of war, how can such blatant thievery be condoned? What sort of government condones such actions? The same sort of governments that mandated an ineffective and toxic vaccine and purposely hid its dangers, that’s who. And people just accept all this stuff as normal. That is where we are today.
Tell me again how Russia’s invasion is justified because of Zelensky’s corruption.
Agreed, what the Ukie war cheerleaders don’t realize that every other country in this world realizes, it is theft, stealing, no trial, nothing.
India had a lot to say about the US stealing private property ( they seized all of Russia’s foreign currencies in western banks- stealing). The exact reason why non- western countries are now beginning to dump US securities, cash, bonds, etc.
Vegetable Head Biden destroyed the US financial system by weaponizing the dollar. Prepare for $7-10 trillion of USD to come back home, unwanted.
Prepare accordingly, you have been warned of what is coming our way.
I like how your concern is piracy on behalf of your idol Putin, but not why he owns a 570 million dollar superyacht when he’s never worked a real job in his life.
That’s not why Russia invaded
They invaded over the eastern provinces Russian majority desire to be Russian and Putin’s insistence no NATO
And whatever Putin’s aims he hasn’t made public
That Ukraine as a nation or democracy is so flimsy and where it is means not our interest particularly
I imagine the Russians are planning some payback for that.
It's best served cold, a few months down the road...
Just like how Kyiv was to fall within 3 days. But then again, Russia's has that new advanced submarine, the Moskva, and its contingent of Russian sea apes, who will keep Ukrainians out of the water.
But you're not concerned in the least about your idol Joe Biden, who has all the toys of an American oligarch and money flowing in like a river to all his friends and family, when he’s never worked a real job in his life....
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