A $119 million, 81-meter superyacht owned by Russian President Vladimir Putin was photographed off the coast of the Western Estonian island of Saaremaa in late September, and according to Estonian daily Postimees, the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) had likewise watched the passing vessel like a hawk. The Kosatka ("Killer Whale" in Russian), which until recently had borne the name Graceful, had been spotted off the Estonian coast by theyachtphoto.com photographer Carl Groll on September 25, Postimees writes (link in Estonian). EXCLUSIVE: Vladimir #Putin's $119M, 267-ft superyacht #Graceful has a new name: Kosatka, Russian for "killer whale." It was photographed by Carl Groll, contributing photographer for https://t.co/d7PFi3pCBL, off the coast of Estonia on Sept. 25. The Kosatka is the second-largest superyacht linked to Putin, after the $509 million, 140-meter Scheherazade, which was frozen in Italy this May.

Source: Forbes October 07, 2022 14:20 UTC