Posted on 03/12/2022 12:03:12 PM PST by KingofZion
American officials are examining the ownership of a $700 million superyacht currently in a dry dock at an Italian seacoast town, and believe it could be associated with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, according to multiple people briefed on the information.
United States intelligence agencies have made no final conclusions about the ownership of the superyacht — called the Scheherazade — but American officials said they had found initial indications that it was linked to Mr. Putin. The information from the U.S. officials came after The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Italian authorities were looking into the 459-foot long vessel’s ownership and that a former crew member said it was for the use of Mr. Putin.
People briefed on the intelligence would not describe what information they had that indicated the superyacht is associated with Mr. Putin. If American officials know whether or how often Mr. Putin uses the yacht, the people briefed on the information would not share it.
American officials said Mr. Putin kept little of his wealth in his own name. Instead he uses homes and boats nominally owned by Russian oligarchs. Still, it is possible that through various shell companies, Mr. Putin could have more direct control of the Scheherazade
Both the Treasury Department’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the Navy’s Office of Naval Intelligence are investigating the ownership of superyachts associated with Russian oligarchs.
*** If a yacht is in a foreign country and meets the definition of a U.S.-origin or U.S.-made product, it would need a license to go to Russia. To actually seize a yacht, the United States would need to coordinate with a cooperative foreign government — Italy, in the case of the Scheherazade — to prevent the ship from moving to Russian waters.
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All your superyachts are belong to us!!!
All your superyachts are belong to us!!!
When will they start taking possession of soroz/clintons/obamas/kerrys?
Let's stop pretending Ukraine and its leadership aren't among the most corrupt in the world. That is a bad combination when combined with the Biden crime family.
Nice; America’s oligarchs arrayed against Russia’s...
Everyone today should be able to see how radicals during WWI could paint it as a war between the ruling families of Europe with the little people dying for them; that is exactly what it was, and the families that lost left behind shattered countries from which the horrors of Bolshevism and Nazism would emerge..
The same could be said about Putin. The difference is Ukraine didn’t invade Russia
I would too. I hope Putin for exactly that. This is just criminal piracy. I know it’s just trivia but did you know the USA is not in a war? None, at all.
“It could be” “it might be possible”
I thought the media didn’t print stories unless they had all of the facts.
Putin should put a Lusitania Ad in the paper and declare it will be torpedoed if it ever leaves port. Declare it is his property and he will dispose of it as he sees fit. Warn any potential crew of their fate.
Just to make sure of the facts, what is your source for Zelensky being a billionaire?
I guess the plan is to confiscate all of the “superyachts” and distribute them to big Democrat donors.
That IS the problem. What corruption.
"The First World War must be brought about in order to permit the Illuminati to overthrow the power of the Czars in Russia and of making that country a fortress of atheistic Communism. The divergences caused by the "agentur" (agents) of the Illuminati between the British and Germanic Empires will be used to foment this war. At the end of the war, Communism will be built and used in order to destroy the other governments and in order to weaken the religions."
"The Second World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the differences between the Fascists and the political Zionists. This war must be brought about so that Nazism is destroyed and that the political Zionism be strong enough to institute a sovereign state of Israel in Palestine. During the Second World War, International Communism must become strong enough in order to balance Christendom, which would be then restrained and held in check until the time when we would need it for the final social cataclysm."
"The Third World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the differences caused by the "agentur" of the "Illuminati" between the political Zionists and the leaders of Islamic World. The war must be conducted in such a way that Islam (the Moslem Arabic World) and political Zionism (the State of Israel) mutually destroy each other.
Skeptical.
We knew the name of Hitler’s yacht, of FDR’s yacht, but after spending billions and billions on the CIA it can’t figure it out?
What has alleged corruption have to do with the situation in the Ukraine? Does it justify Russia invading its much smaller neighbor and murdering thousands of innocent people and laying waste to entire cities? If it does, Mexico netter start worrying.
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