Putin's yachts: what the Russian president sails on. Putin's yachts: what the Russian president sails on Putin's yacht
Recently, several Russian VIPs have become the heroes of world headlines thanks to their luxurious holidays on the water. At first, newlywed Dmitry Peskov was suspected of having a merry revelry on “the most expensive sailing yacht in the world.” Then billionaire Andrei Melnichenko launched his new record-breaking mega-sailboat. And soon the attention of the media was attracted by “a man similar to Patriarch Kirill”, dashing through the waves on an exclusive motor yacht.
Let's take a closer look at all this and at the same time remember a couple of other, secret and obvious, owners of floating luxury.
1. Maltese Falcon (“Maltese Falcon”)
Length: 88 meters
59th place in the world ranking of superyachts
Rent: 26 million rubles per week
It was there, as the whistleblower of bureaucratic wealth Alexei Navalny found out, that the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov spent his honeymoon.
“This is not just a sailing yacht, but a huge cruise ship that, if the wind is favorable, will fly at record speeds,” says Superyachts.com. “It can cross the Atlantic in 10 days, while guests enjoy life in the most luxurious interiors.”
15 sails with a total area of 2400 square meters are attached to three rotating masts. meters - these are 4 “standard” summer cottage plots in Russia! Incredible, right? And all this beauty is designed for a maximum of 12 guests.
2. A (“Sailing yacht A”)
Length: 143 meters; it is the largest vessel in its class
Cost: $400 million
This yacht embodied the most daring ideas and fantasies of the head of Eurochem, Andrei Melnichenko, for which a whole series of expensive research and development had to be carried out separately. “She is a real monument to ingenuity,” the billionaire’s representative boasted to British journalists. And obviously for good reason: this gigantic vessel is controlled the way we control our handheld gadgets - sliding our fingers along a smooth glass screen. That is, you can literally raise the sails or drop the anchor in one imperceptible movement.
The yacht has 8 decks, in other words, it is an 8-story mansion on the water, and instead of a “hold” there is a panoramic “oceanarium” - a transparent underwater section. True, only guests of the billionaire will be able to appreciate it (the ship is designed for 20 vacationers), but the surface part has already been admired by residents of the German city of Kiel on the shores of the Baltic Sea, where the yacht made its test sail.
And here’s how a Daily Mail correspondent responded to what he saw: “The world’s largest sailing yacht is twice as long as the British Royal sailing ship Victory (a participant in the Battle of Trafalgar, and now a museum ship. - Note by Anews). But if she has conquered anything, it’s the monstrous taste and obscene vanity of the super-rich.”
3. A (“Motor yacht A”)
Length: 120 meters
Cost: about 300 million dollars + 20 million per year for maintenance
Another super-toy of Melnichenko with the same laconic name (the names of the oligarch himself and his wife Alexandra begin with the letter A). This is the so-called “invisible yacht” - it glides quickly through the water, creating virtually no ripples. Outwardly, it looks like a nuclear submarine, although one foreign critic spoke more precisely about it: they say, if Darth Vader from Star Wars had a navy, then such a ship would fit perfectly into it.
Of course, this is a real bomb shelter, equipped with security cameras, motion sensors and a fingerprint recognition system. According to rumors, there is even an escape capsule, like in the arsenal of some villain from the James Bond films.
4. Azimut Magellano 43 Fly
Length: 13.63 meters
Cost: from 50 million rubles
In August, such a yacht was spotted in the Gelendzhik sea, and the gray-haired old man at the helm was “recognized” as the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.
And in this photo, “a man resembling Patriarch Kirill” is hooked to a cable for the safety of ablution procedures.
This is what the interiors of a yacht of this class look like. It’s modest compared to others, but still inaccessible to most Russians.
A month and a half before this hidden shooting, Patriarch Kirill, in full regalia, visited the Volga city of Plyos on another yacht, “Alexander K,” which, according to the church, does not belong to him and was specially chartered for the event.
The Sobesednik newspaper learned that renting such a vessel costs from 14 to 100 thousand rubles per hour, not including crew services, and a trip from Moscow to Plyos costs from 500 thousand to 1.5 million rubles.
5. "Pallas"
Length: 32 meters
Cost: $4 million
An exclusive luxury motor yacht was commissioned by the Presidential Administration for the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg (celebrated in 2003). But after a couple of years, LUKOIL bought it in order... to donate it to the Russian Orthodox Church “as part of charitable assistance.”
This “executive class limousine on the water” now gives rides to the same Patriarch Kirill and his VIP guests. As was once explained on the website of the Valaam Monastery, to which “Pallada” is assigned, it is intended for the comfortable and safe transportation of distinguished foreign guests, including heads of state, who often visit Valaam.
6. Olympia
Length: 57 meters
Cost: 50-60 million dollars
Since we mentioned the presidential flotilla, let's take a closer look at its main pearl - a real royal mega-yacht, which, judging by the coordinates of maritime navigation sites, is located in the Sochi port, not far from Vladimir Putin's Bocharov Ruchey residence.
However, the fact that it belongs to Putin is just rumors and guesses, although not unfounded. Firstly, it is one of the most classified in the world, which already says something. Secondly, interesting information about this yacht appeared several years ago in the documents of the London court. Then a rather high-profile case of fraud at Sovcomflot at the dawn of the 2000s was being considered, and its fugitive director, in particular, justified himself by the fact that at one of the meetings, in a Geneva cafe, he discussed not dubious transactions, but a gift from Roman Abramovich to Vladimir Putin - the same yacht "Olympia".
What else is known about it: the cabins are decorated with mahogany and gilding, the bathroom and ceilings are lined with exquisite pink marble, the furniture is carved from rare varieties of white ash, the columns are made from the most valuable species of maple. The yacht is equipped with a Linn video and audio system costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the entire interior design cost several million.
Rare photos are available on the website of the Dutch shipbuilding company Feadship, which created the miracle yacht.
Main entrance
Cozy salon
One of the guest bedrooms
7. Eclipse
Length: 162.5 meters
2nd place in the world ranking of superyachts
Cost: no less than 300 million dollars, and including finishing – 1.5 billion
And now, finally, we have reached the main gigantomania: if billionaire Roman Abramovich really gave the president a “royal” yacht, then his own floating palace was created on a truly imperial scale. On board Eclipse there is an anti-missile system and a laser installation that suppresses digital photography - a level of security and secrecy that even Putin cannot boast of.
There are at least 2 more yachts under the name Eclipse: they are much smaller and can be chartered. Photos of their interiors, which are freely available on various yachting websites, are mistakenly taken by many to be the interiors of Abramovich’s yacht. But these rare photographs were actually taken of her.
The 9-deck beauty has 2 helipads, a pair of swimming pools, a concert hall, cinema, gym, spas and 18 luxury cabins, the most spacious of which, at 460 square meters, belongs to the owner. Well, if for some reason he wants to escape from the ship unnoticed, he has a rescue mini-submarine at his disposal.
As for my personal perception, I am not ashamed of the citizens who voted for me. All these eight years I worked like a galley slave, with full dedication. I am pleased with the results of my work.
Introduction
Putin has ruled Russia for more than 12 years. This is significantly longer than the reign of Yeltsin and Gorbachev. His return to the Kremlin and his passionate desire to rule for at least another six, and most likely twelve, years means that he intends to outlast Leonid Brezhnev (Leonid Ilyich led the Soviet Union for 18 years) and is approaching Stalin's reign.
Losing popularity, Putin manically clings to power. It's clear why. Firstly, he is afraid of losing freedom, capital and property. Secondly, his friends, who have become fabulously rich, are also extremely interested in continuing his reign. But one of the most serious reasons forcing V. Putin to cling to power is the atmosphere of wealth and luxury, to which he has already become accustomed and which he categorically does not want to give up. He is not tormented by remorse from the fact that the provocative luxury is financed by taxpayers, that is, our taxes. The absence of an independent parliament, intimidated media and controlled courts make the topic of Putin's lifestyle completely inaccessible to most citizens. There is practically no discussion in society on this topic.
The luxurious life of the head of state takes place against the backdrop of glaring Russian problems: Russia is still dying out, the mortality rate throughout the 12 years of Putin’s rule was higher than the birth rate, and the country has already lost more than 5 million people, the African level of corruption has shackled the business and everyday life of the country, and the raw materials sector Russia's dependence has only worsened under Putin's rule.
At the same time, the education and healthcare systems are deteriorating. Look at these graphs:
But nothing bothers Putin. He shamelessly publishes his income declarations, announcing to the country and the world that his official income is not much more than $100 thousand. At the same time, the lifestyle he leads can be compared with the life of the monarchs of the Persian Gulf countries and outrageous oligarchs.
We invite you to see how Putin lives. Let's start with the palaces...
Palaces
Putin has 20 palaces, villas, and residences at his disposal. For comparison: the President of the United States has 2 residences, the head of Germany has the same number, and the head of Italy has 3. Note that 9 palaces appeared during Putin’s reign. Thus, the already indecently large number of residences under Putin has practically doubled.
1. Novo-Ogarevo
Located in the forest on Rublevo-Uspenskoye Highway, surrounded by a six-meter wall. On the territory there are greenhouses, a poultry house, a swimming pool, several residential buildings, a helipad, and a stable. 3.
2. Bocharov Stream
Summer villa of the President in Sochi. A two-story building in the style of Stalinist classicism. There is a helipad, two swimming pools (fresh and sea water), and a gym. On the beach there is a pier for the presidential yacht 4.
3. Long Beards
House in the Novgorod region on a peninsula on Lake Valdai. The area of the estate is 930 hectares. On the territory there is a presidential church, a bathhouse, two restaurants, a cinema hall, a bowling alley, and a concrete helipad. Number of service personnel - more than 100 people 5.
4. Konstantinovsky Palace
An architectural monument of the 18th century in Strelna near St. Petersburg, since 2003 - the State Complex "Palace of Congresses". The complex of more than 40 buildings and an area of 140 hectares were reconstructed for the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg in 2003 6.
5. Volzhsky cliff
Sanatorium in the village of Volzhsky Utes, Samara region on the Kuibyshev reservoir. Completely reconstructed in 2007 for the Russia-EU summit for 3.8 billion rubles. The residence includes a hotel with 192 rooms, cottages, a huge cinema hall, swimming pools, baths, greenhouses, a horse yard, a helipad, a ski resort, 3,000 service personnel 7.
6. Tantalum
A three-story mansion 40 kilometers from Saratov. The building has a fireplace room, a billiard room, a winter garden and a swimming pool. The interior is complemented by German chandeliers and Italian furniture. A few steps from the winter garden there is a Scandinavian-style sauna. There is a helipad and a hunting lodge on site 8.
7. Small source
An 18th-century estate in a picturesque forest area near Yekaterinburg on the shore of the Malo-Istoksky pond 9.
8. Sevastyanov's house
The palace was built in the first quarter of the 19th century on the banks of the City Pond, formed by a dam on the Iset River. 1.35 billion rubles were spent on reconstruction in 2008, of which 150 million went to purchase furniture from the St. Petersburg company MTK 10.
A castle in the village of Barvikha, Odintsovo district, Moscow region, on Podushkinskoe highway. In the past - the estate of the Barons Meyendorf. Major restoration was carried out in 2003-2004. Now it belongs to the Presidential Administration. For the reconstruction of the castle with an area of 1300 sq. m spent at least $100 million, that is $80 thousand (not rubles) per square meter 11.
10. Angarsk farms
The residence of the President of Russia in the Irkutsk region on the banks of the Angara River. On the territory there is a complex of cottages, tennis courts, a river pier, a swimming pool, a sauna, a gym and massage rooms 12.
Residence on the territory of the Zavidovo hunting estate in the Tver region. On the territory there is a hotel complex,
hunting base, swimming pools, saunas, boat station 13.
12. Pines
A complex of villas on the picturesque bank of the Yenisei River, 30 minutes from Krasnoyarsk. During the reconstruction, the building was covered with marble from Khakassia. A helipad was built in a nearby carrot field 14.
13. State guest residence (K-4)
The residence of the President of the Russian Federation in St. Petersburg on Kamenny Island in the Neva delta. The object includes the Meltzer mansion (Polevaya Alley, house No. 8, architect R.F. Meltzer, 1904, 1906) and four separate buildings (the Schöne mansion, the bathhouse at the Meltzer mansion, the Meltzer service wing and the former mansion of the banker Soloveichik) 15.
State complex of presidential administration in the city of Pionersky, Kaliningrad region. The cost of building the residence is about 6 billion rubles. It consists of a five-star hotel and an administrative building, both buildings with an area of 5 thousand square meters. m. 16
15. Barvikha
Presidential residence in the Moscow region. The area of the territory is 86 hectares. In 2011, 162 million rubles were spent on furniture and repairs. A spa salon has been set up, including a “shower of various impressions” and “massage with warm herbal bags.” New furniture cost 30.8 million rubles. Number of personnel - 337 people 17.
16. Milovka
The estate is a kilometer from the town of Plyos on the right bank of the Volga. Monument to history, architecture, gardening art of the late 18th - early 20th centuries 18.
17. Palace in Gelendzhik (project South)
At the end of 2010, businessman Sergei Kolesnikov, who had previously been close to Putin’s friends, who left the country, wrote an open letter to President D. Medvedev that a luxurious palace was being built on the Black Sea coast for V. Putin’s personal use, worth more than 30 billion rubles. ($1 billion). In the village of Praskoveevka near Gelendzhik, a luxurious town arose: a huge main building in the Italian style with palace gates decorated with a double-headed eagle, a health complex, a helipad for three helicopters, a “tea house”, elevators to the beach and much more. According to S. Kolesnikov, V. Putin paid personal attention to construction, and the money at the disposal of Putin’s old friend, member of the Ozero cooperative N. Shamalov, ended up as a result of “a combination of sources such as corruption, theft and bribes” 19.
18. House of the distinguished guest
Palace near Paris. The Presidential Administration spent 30 million euros on its construction. The French who visited this castle call the palace a real Versailles 20.
19. ABC
Closed guest residence in the south of Moscow (Teplostansky proezd, 1a). Previously was a secret FSB facility 21.
20. Moonlight Glade
A VIP resort on Mount Fisht in the Republic of Adygea, which, according to unofficial data, is another “Putin’s dacha.” Formally, construction is prohibited here, since this is an area of the Western Caucasus World Natural Heritage Site. The ski residence was built under the guise of a training ground for the Biosphere scientific center, which was supposed to monitor the safety of the natural reserve. Four chalets, three helipads, communication antennas, a hangar, four snowcats for leveling ski slopes, a garage for them have been erected on the territory; small and large cable cars are being built 22.
Air fleet (planes and helicopters)
The fleet of aircraft of the special flight detachment "Russia", serving the president, includes (just don't faint) 58 aircraft - 43 airplanes and 15 helicopters 23 :
Il-96-300PU (five aircraft): $40 million - aircraft, $18 million - interior trim
Among them is aircraft No. 1 (RA-96016), the interior of which was worked on by jewelers from Zlatoust and artists from Sergiev Posad. One toilet cost almost $75 thousand. 24.
Spare side: $40 million - aircraft, $35 million - interior trim
A two-story salon with two bedrooms, shower rooms, a meeting room, a recreation room and an emergency room. The plane was painted in Holland, and the interior was decorated in Switzerland according to the sketches of the artist’s son Ilya Glazunov 25.
Airbus ACJ319 RA-73025 - $105 million
The interior design of the aircraft, designed for 19 passengers, was developed by Airbus Corporate Jet Centre. The ACJ319's passenger cabin is divided into three salons. The plane has a meeting room for 6 people with a large LCD display and special communications equipment, a “club” and a private zone (two armchairs and a sofa, as well as a double bed with an independent shower and bathroom). The interior elements include genuine leather, marble, and handmade woolen carpets. 26.
Dassault Falcon 7X: $50 million x 2
(two aircraft - RA-09007 and RA-09009)
Made in France. Capacity - 19 passengers and 3 crew members. The interior space is divided into a work area and a place to relax. The aircraft is equipped with a climate control system and a sound insulation system. The Falcon 7X is equipped with modern equipment necessary for passengers during the flight: satellite communications, Internet, DVD and CD players, LCD monitors and the Airshow system 27.
Tu-214 (three aircraft): $25 million x 3
Tu-214PU (control point - two aircraft RA-64517 and RA-64520): $50 million x 2
Tu-214SR: $25 million x 2
(two repeater aircraft, main and backup RA-64515 and RA-64516)
The main purpose of these aircraft is to provide the president with communications. They are equipped with additional fuel tanks, thanks to which the flight range is increased to 10 thousand kilometers, power supply systems and a radio engineering complex 29.
Tu-214SUS: $60 million x 2
(special communication center - two aircraft RA-64522 and RA-64524)
Tu 204-300A: $62 million x2
(two aircraft - RA-64057 and RA-64058)
Salon aircraft based on Tu-204-300. Built in 2011, in operation since 2012. According to information from Tupolev OJSC, the Tu-204-300A intended for the presidential squadron is “equipped with a high-comfort cabin, which is reliably protected from noise, equipped with modern telephone communication systems and Internet access.” In operation since 2012 31.
Tu-154
(eight aircraft)
Medium-haul passenger aircraft. Estimated based on service life from $7.5 million to
$20 million (new).
Tu-134: $7.5-20 million each
(eight aircraft)
Built in the 80s of the last century.
IL-62
(five aircraft)
Yak-40
Two “veterans” Il-18
15 Mi-8 helicopters
various modifications.
The total cost of the aircraft fleet is about $1 billion 32. Of the budget allocated for the management of presidential affairs, 73 billion rubles. 5.83 billion rubles were allocated for air support for senior officials. (2010 data).
Yachts
President Putin has a mini-flotilla at his disposal with a total value of about 100 million (3 billion rubles). The maintenance of four luxury ships costs hundreds of millions of rubles annually.
Sirius (superyacht): $37 million
The executive class yacht was purchased by the Presidential Administration at the beginning of 2011. Built in Turkey and designed to accommodate 11 guests and 12 crew members. The length of the yacht is 53.7 meters, it is capable of reaching a speed of 18 nautical knots (33 km/h). The interior is finished in teak, and the interior design was designed by the famous designer Jean Guy Verge.
The yacht has 6 VIP cabins, a wine cellar, a saloon with panoramic sea views, and a SPA pool with a waterfall. The usual rate of expenses for maintaining such a yacht is 10% of its cost per year, that is, 124 million rubles. 33(which is equivalent to the average annual pension of 1,200 Russian pensioners).
Olympia: $50 million
A true “diamond” of the Kremlin flotilla. This 57-meter five-deck yacht is one of the hundred largest megayachts in the world. The annual costs of operating Olympia are about 150 million rubles.
The yacht was built to royal standards: mahogany and rattan finishes, gilding, a jacuzzi, a bar and barbecue, a colonnade made of precious maple, a huge bathroom lined with marble.
The connection between the Olympia and the Kremlin is confirmed not only by the stories of Sochi port employees, but also by the fact that the FSO was seen guarding the vessel, and a special commission from Moscow accepted the yacht into operation. Sources in the Kremlin reported about the use of the yacht by President Putin. Olympia was managed by Unicom Management Services, a Cypriot subsidiary of the Russian state-owned OAO Sovcomflot, whose board of directors was headed at that time by President Putin’s aide Igor Shuvalov.
Among the buyers and “donors” of “Olympia” was the Russian billionaire and good friend of Putin Roman Abramovich 34.
Russia (motor ship)
To navigate rivers and lakes, the head of state has at his disposal the motor ship "Russia" 35. In 2005, it was modernized, for which $1.2 million was spent from the budget. The ship meets all the requirements of a modern cruise ship: three luxury cabins, nine double cabins with a bathroom, nine double cabins with bunk berths, a conference -hall, relaxation salon, restaurant, cafe-veranda, sauna.
This luxury yacht belongs to the president and co-owner of the private oil company LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov. The yacht was built in the Netherlands by Heesen Yachts and delivered in 2016. The boat has already won the international exhibition Monaco Yacht Show. Now she is “wintering” in Montenegro.The price of the super vessel is not disclosed, and there is no information about it in the domestic media. But a Heesen spokesman told Business Insider that yachts of this class sell for $13.2 million per meter. In this case, Galactica Super Nova should cost somewhere around $900 million.
Alekperov can afford such an expensive means of transportation. As Bloomberg calculated, in the last six years alone he has become $3 billion richer. During the third presidential term, things generally went well for Russians and they increased their fortunes, despite Western sanctions.
Eclipse
This is the largest of Roman Abramovich's yachts. Its length is 162.5 m, and its approximate cost is $400 million. The motor yacht has a music stage, an exhibition hall, two swimming pools, a gym with a sauna, a cinema and even a small clinic where simple operations can be performed.
At the moment, the yacht is located in Saint Barthelemy - the so-called island of millionaires - in the Caribbean. A few years ago, Abramovich bought 70 acres of land here and a bungalow overlooking the ocean. So if Great Britain, due to a conflict with Russia, decides to create problems for a businessman, the owner of the Chelsea football club has somewhere to retreat.
Dilbar
The yacht, owned by oligarch Alisher Usmanov, is equipped with a diesel-electric power plant, allowing the vessel to move at a cruising speed of 22.5 knots (about 42 kilometers per hour). Estimated cost: $600 million.
The yacht was named after the mother of the founder of USM Holdings, which combines assets in the mining and metallurgy industries.
According to the MarineTraffic ship tracking map, the Dilbar passengers set sail from Spain on March 14, heading for the island of Sardinia.
Quantum Blue
The cost of the yacht is about $250 million. At the end of February, she traveled along the route from Gibraltar to Nice, France.
According to the specialized website SuperYacht Fan, the yacht belongs to the founder of the Magnit retail chain. On board Sergei Galitsky has a helipad, a jacuzzi, a swimming pool, a spa, a gym, a cinema and an elevator connecting all decks.
“Spending a lot of time on a yacht is too much. A week is enough for me to already miss Krasnodar,” said Galitsky.
Yacht "A"
For coal magnate Andrei Melnichenko, size seems to matter. The world's largest "sailboat" with a name from the first letter of the entrepreneur's name was built especially for him. It's longer than a football field.
Melnichenko also owns the Swiss chemical company Eurochem. But it is believed that most of his time is spent not at work, but on a boat worth from $300 to $500 million.
She can accommodate 14 guests in 7 cabins. There are 20 cabins for 42 crew members.
Recently, “A” sailed past Cyprus, and local residents came to see the legendary yacht. Before that, she visited Israel. Now it has landed in the Spanish city of Cartagena.
Palladium
The yacht, almost 100 meters long and worth $200 million, belongs to Mikhail Prokhorov. Last October she visited Ibiza and since then has been wintering in the Spanish port of Vilanova.
Palladium has 8 cabins and can accommodate 16 guests. Experts note its stylish futuristic design. It was created by the British bureau Michael Leach Design by Michael Leach.
Prokhorov loves water sports, so the yacht has a full range for them.
There is even a special area designed for drinking cocktails.
Last year, the oligarch's boat attracted the attention of Spanish tax authorities. The case concerned non-payment of the amount for mooring a yacht.
Ice
While a Russian senator accused of tax evasion in France cannot leave Nice until the end of his trial, his yacht is also imprisoned. Last year, media reported that Ice could be arrested at the request of the Geneva prosecutor's office.
According to government services, the boat, worth $170 million, has not left Moroccan territory for a long time. But once even Bill Gates wanted to buy the yacht, but Kerimov refused to sell it.
Madam G.U.
The steel hull of this boat is painted in a unique sky blue color. Until 2015, she was the largest yacht built in the Netherlands. According to rumors, it belongs to State Duma deputy Andrei Skoch. In any case, journalists have repeatedly spotted him on board Madam GU. But this yacht, worth $150 million, is not listed in the official declaration. Perhaps it is registered to relatives or close friends.
Madam GU moors in Genoa. Interestingly, the last time she was ridden was on February 27th. Just when the State Duma was scheduled to have a “regional week” and deputies were supposed to meet with their voters. Perhaps he invited some of the residents of the Belgorod region, which Skoch represents in the lower house, to take a ride along the Italian coast.
Ocean Victory
At the time of writing this material, a yacht worth $120 million was sailing from the Seychelles towards Canada. Which is a little strange, since its owner is the head of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, Viktor Rashnikov. He recently made it onto the US Treasury’s “Kremlin list.”
Did he really go to negotiate so that sanctions would not be imposed? After all, the Canadian port of Victoria is located right next to the border with the American state of Washington.
Another version is that Rashnikov went to recruit Canadian hockey players to join his own club, Metallurg. If only there were no accidents - a couple of years ago a tragedy occurred on board the luxurious Ocean Victory. A worker's legs were caught in an iron chain while raising an anchor in Thailand. The man, who received numerous wounds, lost a lot of blood in a short time and fell into a coma. Doctors transported the victim to the nearest hospital in Phuket, but they could not save his life.
Number
180 meters – the length of the world's largest yacht, Azzam, which means "Resolute" in Arabic. The width of the vessel is 20.8 meters. It belongs to the President of the UAE Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.Presidential grace
Superyacht Graceful- one of the most mysterious in the world.It began to be built in Russia, at the state-owned enterprise Sevmash. This is the largest shipbuilding complex in our country.
After Sevmash built the original hull in 2010, it was towed to Bremen, Germany. There the boat was modified, put on the water and sent to Hamburg. German shipbuilding firm Blohm + Voss completed the equipment of the vessel in 2014.
On specialized yacht sites they write that “Graceful” is smaller in size (82 meters) than some megayachts, but “it’s not inferior to them in luxury.” It has an indoor swimming pool, which after certain operations can be converted into a dance floor; owner's apartment on two floors, two VIP cabins and three comfortable guest cabins.
One of the main advantages is a unique helipad on the upper deck, which allows you to conveniently arrive on the yacht.
In the Russian media, despite the domestic origin of Graceful, almost nothing was written about it. Some information can be found in Western publications. Deutsche Welle noted that Graceful was built at the same Hamburg shipyard as Roman Abramovich's yacht. This gave reason to the British publication Independent to assume that the oligarch could have presented the boat as a gift. After all, the Daily Mail previously wrote that Abramovich had already donated one ship.
Rumors that Putin or someone close to him owns Graceful may be true, according to British website Superyacht fan, which tracks billionaire superyacht purchases. But the authors stipulate that they found “only indirect evidence.” In addition to the above, this is that the yacht is under the command of a captain of the Russian fleet.
The source studied Graceful’s routes and found additional arguments in favor of the fact that Putin could sail on it. The ship's sailing dates coincide with the president's schedule.
Maps from the civil vessel tracking site VesselFinder show that Graceful constantly sails between Russia and Spain. On May 23, 2017, the yacht was spotted off Sochi. On the Fleetphoto website, where users post their photos of ships, there is even a photo of Graceful standing in the bay.
According to the Kremlin website, Vladimir Putin spent these May days in Sochi. He had a meeting with members of the Security Council and a meeting on the development of the space industry. Similar coincidences in the simultaneous presence of Putin and Graceful in the Krasnodar Territory have been noted for two years. But not only. On September 15, 2016, the president goes to Kerch, where he holds a meeting of the Presidium of the State Council. And Graceful is also heading to Crimea.
As of March 14, the yacht was in the port of Barcelona. Surrounded by three other boats in close proximity: Ona, Titan and Symphony. The first belongs to the oligarch Alisher Usmanov, the second to Roman Abramovich, and the third to the president of the Louis Vuitton group of companies, Bernard Arnault.
Arnault is the richest man in France. He can be called a friend of Russia. He visits Moscow, and a few months ago Putin even awarded him the Pushkin medal.
The owner of Graceful has signed a confidentiality agreement with Blohm + Voss. However, according to the Fleetphoto website, the owner of the vessel is a company from the Bahamas.
The Bahamas is a famous offshore zone. Thanks to a leak (Bahamas Leaks), it became known that at one time the American-Russian offshore company was led by former US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Rosneft also had its share in it.
A company named O'Neil, which appears as the owner of the yacht Graceful, was registered in the Bahamas in November 2003. Exactly a month earlier, in October, Vladimir Putin signed a decree establishing diplomatic relations with the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. True, O’Neil’s status is no longer active.
If a lot of indirect evidence is enough to say that Graceful belongs to the Russian president, then it has the right to be considered the most expensive in Putin’s personal fleet. Previously, the source found another “galley” with the head of state - the 46-meter Shellest, worth about 1.5 billion rubles. The Graceful yacht is valued at 5.7 billion.
Buy Sell
The owner of the Monaco football club and one of the richest people in Russia, Dmitry Rybolovlev, ordered the construction of a new 110-meter yacht at the Dutch shipyard Feadship. He put his previous yacht, the 67-meter Anna, up for sale at a price of 65 million euros.But Putin’s long-time judo partner Arkady Rotenberg (more precisely, this partner’s partner Grigory Baevsky) purchased the yacht Rahil worth $60 million. It was originally built for British billionaire Graham de Zille.
One of the top yachts in the world, the $220 million Pelorus, recently lost its Russian owner. After the divorce, Roman Abramovich left it to his ex-wife Irina. She sold it, after which the boat went through several owners. Members of the Abu Dhabi royal family are currently sailing on it.
Initially the yacht was named Leo Fun, then Sirius. It was built by the Proteksan-Turquoise shipyard in Turkey in March 2009, commissioned by Evening Star Yachting Ltd. Project by Paolo Cagliari, interior design by Jean Guy Verger.
Last year, the ship was among the finalists in the World Superyacht Awards, conducted by the authoritative magazine Boat International. The yacht was rented out for cruises in the Mediterranean Sea, the rental price was 285,000 euros per week.
Since January 27, 2011, according to the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, the yacht has belonged to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Enterprise for the Supply of Products to the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.” In accordance with the FSO law, the location of the yacht, its price and characteristics are protected by the state secrets law, however, it is known that the purchase price was 30 million euros.
Previously, the presidential ship was the "Kavkaz", built in 1982, now the "Kavkaz" is all subject to write-off, the president also has a river vessel "Russia".
In terms of its dimensions (the length of the yacht is about 54 m, the width is 9.5 m), “Chaikas” is significantly inferior to the size of the yachts of Russian oligarchs (“Eclipse” by Roman Abramovich, for example, 170 meters or 557.6 feet), but the yacht is still amazing.
The yacht's cruising range is 5 thousand nautical miles, which allows for transatlantic travel. Steel hull with aluminum superstructures.
Speed up to 18 knots (33.3 km/h).
The area of the luxurious salon is 100 sq. m. The ship has a living room, a SPA pool with a glass waterfall wall and two staircases on the sides, a jacuzzi for six people, a barbecue, a dining room for 14 people, etc.
The yacht has six cabins for 12 guests: a full-beam owner's suite on the main deck, divided into a spacious work area and bedroom, a VIP cabin on the lower deck and four guest suites. All cabins have their own bathroom, satellite TV, DVD, internet, etc.
There is a laundry and refrigeration facilities on board.
The ship's crew is 11 people. They have cabins on the lower deck, a separate dining room, a galley and an entertainment center at their disposal. The yacht's engine room is equipped with the latest technology. The interior is finished in teak, and the interior design was designed by the famous designer Jean Guy Verge.
The Chaikas yacht is the second officially recognized luxury purchase by the presidential administration. Last spring, the special flight squad "Russia" was replenished with the latest model of a business jet - the Falcon 7X, worth about $50 million.