appreciated because the situation feels very real here. qm. appreciated because the situation feels very real here. 0k, hannah, thank you feels very real here. 0k, hannah, thank you very feels very real here. 0k, hannah, thank you very much feels very real here. 0k, hannah, thank you very much indeed. - feels very real here. 0k, hannah, l thank you very much indeed. thank ou. it s one of the biggest and most expensive yachts ever built longer than a football pitch with a disco that turns into a swimming pool. reports suggest it belongs to president putin but its true ownership is wrapped up in secrecy. it s now in dock in italy but hasn t been seized by the authorities unlike some other yachts belonging to oligarchs. the bbc s angus crawford has been trying to unravel the mystery. the scheherazade, the ultimate in yacht chic, a billionaire s plaything. the question is, which billionaire? it s still not clear if that s president putin himself or one of his close friends. 1
the ultimate in yacht chic, a billionaire s plaything. the question is, which billionaire? it s still not clear if that s president putin himself or one of his close friends. 140 metres in length, difficult to hide as it s refitted in this italian dock. it s thought to have cost more than $700 million to build. there are two helipads on there, nine decks of luxury, enough room for you to entertain 19 of your closest personal friends and the taps in the bathrooms? well, they re gold, of course. paolo is furious. he s a local union boss. the boat, he says, is cloaked in secrecy. translation: it s totally cut off. silent. they wish to say nothing, to hide. but should workers have to hide, or should we work in the open and be proud?
as the president prepared to speak, russian missiles hit a fuel depot in lviv, close to the polish border. reports say a superyacht, longer than a football pitch, currently in dry dock in italy, might belong to president putin. it s one of the biggest and most expensive yachts ever built, with a disco that turns into a swimming pool. but it s true ownership is wrapped up in secrecy and unlike other yachts belonging to oligarchs, it hasn t been seized by the authorities. angus crawford reports. the scheherazade, the ultimate in yacht chic, a billionaire s plaything. the question is, which billionaire? it s still not clear if that s president putin himself or one of his close friends. 140 metres in length, difficult to hide as it s refitted in this italian dock. it s thought to have cost more than $700 million to build. there are two
into a swimming pool. reports suggest it belongs to president putin, but its true ownership is wrapped up in secrecy. its now in dock in italy but hasn t been seized by the authorities unlike some other yachts belonging to oligarchs. angus crawford reports. the scheherazade, the ultimate in yacht chic, a billionaire s plaything. the question is, which billionaire? it s still not clear if that s president putin himself or one of his close friends. 140 metres in length, difficult to hide as it s refitted in this italian dock. it s thought to have cost more than $700 million to build. there are two helipads on there, nine decks of luxury, enough room for you to entertain 19 of your closest, personal friends and the taps in the bathrooms? well, they re gold, of course. paolo is furious. he s a local union boss. the boat, he says,
crimea. that s been the case all alone, but they ve had this expedition to keerch, which was not essential to their strategy to begin with. i think they realize. they re literally dragging their forces back to belarus to regroup and rearm. reports out of belarus says that vehicles are showing up there. they re shot up, damaged heavily. a number of vehicles are being towed, et cetera. so you re seeing a bedraggled force stragstragling in to get refitted and rearmed. it s going to be a shell of what it was when it stepped off on the 24th of february. general, you make the case that the russian forces contradicted basic war strategy. what does that tell you about this effort and the thinking and the kremlin? it tells me it s muddled. it was governed by emotion and