The United States placed Russian President Vladimir Putin's money-manager and a Monaco company that provides luxury yachts to Moscow's elite on its sanctions blacklist Thursday, stepping up pressure…
They oversee the flow of billions of dollars from Putin-connected Russians to companies involved in superyachts and villas. They’ve drawn the attention of a U.S. task force.
The Scheherazade, a 450ft, £500million superyacht thought to belong to Vladimir Putin, has been moored in dry dock in northern Italy since late summer 2020 while it had a major re-fit.