Vernon Silver

  • A view taken on March 14, 2022 shows the multi-million-dollar mega yacht Scheherazade (C), docked at the port of Marina di Carrara, Tuscany. – The ownership of the multi-million-dollar mega yacht Scheherazade, docked on the Tuscan coast, is currently the source of speculation that it belongs to a Russian oligarch, or even perhaps President Vladimir Putin himself. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Italian lawmakers on March 22 to stop their country being a playground for Russia’s elite, while warning food shortages sparked by the war risk a fresh migrant crisis. (Photo by Federico SCOPPA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO SCOPPA/AFP via Getty Images)

    A mystery owner is paying for a Putin-linked superyacht worth $700 million to be refitted while it’s impounded in Italy under EU sanctions

    By Vernon Silver and Bloomberg