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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,379 posts)
Sat Mar 26, 2022, 02:17 PM Mar 2022

Russian crew aboard Putin's suspected superyacht have abandoned their jobs on the $700 million boat

The Russian crew aboard a $700 million yacht named Scheherazade with potential links to President Putin have abandoned their jobs aboard the ship, as first reported by The New York Times.

Allegedly, due to obligations and personal conflicts related to the ongoing Russian war, all employees vacated their posts. Following the departure of all the Russian crew members, a British crew has stepped in instead.

The ship's captain, Guy, who is also British, previously denied to The New York Times that the Scheherazade was owned by Putin and alleged that the Russian president had never been aboard the ship.

The ship has not been legally seized by Italian or European Union authorities but is under scrutiny. Officials will not make further comments until the conclusion of an investigation by the Italian authorities, according to The New York Times.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russian-crew-aboard-putin-suspected-184511777.html

Poor Pooty Poot.

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Russian crew aboard Putin's suspected superyacht have abandoned their jobs on the $700 million boat (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2022 OP
Rotating crews is common. L. Coyote Mar 2022 #1
But these are Britons that have taken over. It's almost as it the yacht was seized or going to be Maraya1969 Mar 2022 #2
Pretty much all the yachts that have been siezed/arrested have had their crews walk off. Angleae Mar 2022 #3

Maraya1969

(23,564 posts)
2. But these are Britons that have taken over. It's almost as it the yacht was seized or going to be
Sat Mar 26, 2022, 02:55 PM
Mar 2022

seized by the UK

Angleae

(4,821 posts)
3. Pretty much all the yachts that have been siezed/arrested have had their crews walk off.
Sat Mar 26, 2022, 05:41 PM
Mar 2022

Mainly because the bank accounts used to pay them have been frozen.

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