Billionaire Wants to Pay for His Seized $600M Megayacht Lest It Goes Into Disrepair
20 Oct 2023, 09:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Report says Andrey Melnichenko is asking for a special permit that would allow him to cover the maintenance and upkeep of Sailing Yacht A while under arrest
$700 Million Scheherazade Megayacht Is Getting Ready to Flee Arrest, Says Source
5 Sep 2023, 07:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Seized and put in dry dock more than a year ago, Scheherazade has been undergoing a refit during this time. It’s probably getting ready to sail off
$700 Million Megayacht Scheherazade Is Undergoing Refit While Under Arrest
11 Aug 2023, 09:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Delivered in 2020, the still-new megayacht was frozen in Italy in May 2022. It has since gone into refit, with the yard confirming the owner is paying for it
$600 Million Megayacht Scheherazade Was a Christmas Gift From Putin's Friends
11 Sep 2022, 05:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / 2014 was a good year for President Putin, and his oligarch friends celebrated it by chipping in to buy him one of the most expensive megayachts in the world
$700 Million Megayacht Scheherazade Is Now Officially a “Houseboat”
18 Aug 2022, 03:37 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One of the largest, most luxurious and most secretive megayachts in the world is now a Malaysia-flagged houseboat, still under arrest in Italy
Entire Crew of Arrested $700 Million Scheherazade Megayacht Were Not Trained Professionals
25 May 2022, 04:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Insider reveals that the Russian crew would come onboard all at once without a proper handover, using video tutorials for the most basic running and maintenance
Azovstal Steel Plant Billionaire May Be Selling Unfinished Lurssen Megayacht Luminance
21 May 2022, 05:43 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Rinat Akhmetov is the richest man in Ukraine and the owner of the Azovstal steel plant that is now under Russian control. Rep says Luminance might go
Italy Freezes Vladimir Putin's Alleged Megayacht, 459-Foot Scheherazade Is Worth $700M
6 May 2022, 22:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The 12th largest yacht in the world, the $700 million Scheherazade has been issued a freeze decree by the Italian authorities
$700 Million Scheherazade Megayacht Has Refueled and Is Getting Ready to Flee Sanctions
6 May 2022, 04:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Scheherazade has been docked and temporarily restrained in Italy over supposed ties to Putin, but signs point that it’s getting ready to get away
On Board the Mysterious $700 Million Scheherazade, Where Every Screw Is Gold-Plated
26 Mar 2022, 01:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Launched in 2019 and delivered to the owner in 2020, this Lurssen build is among the biggest and most expensive custom superyachts in the world
Mysterious $700 Million Megayacht Scheherazade Is Putin’s, Alexei Navalny’s Team Argues
22 Mar 2022, 08:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Scheherazade is currently docked in Carrara, Italy, as authorities look into its ownership. New investigation by the opposition says the vessel is Putin’s
Italy Authorities Investigating 459-ft Superyacht that Might Belong to Putin
9 Mar 2022, 10:15 UTC · By: Monica Coman / The international hunt for Russian oligarchs’ properties is still going strong and Italian authorities discovered a superyacht that might belong to Putin