The yacht Graceful, linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been spotted off the coast of Norway, The Telegraph reported, citing maritime intelligence and satellite images.
Raseeqa is still moving, accompanied by a Russian destroyer and a Voyevoda patrol boat. The yacht’s deck, according to satellite images, is covered with anti-drone nets.
According to a high-ranking source in NATO, the convoy is subject to NATO supervision. During their passage through the Baltic Sea, they were escorted by patrol ships of the German and Danish navies.
On June 29, a yacht and a warship were spotted off the coast of Denmark. His location, in particular, was displayed on the site Marine traffic. She said the ship Graceful was heading to Istanbul.
According to The Telegraph, after leaving the North Sea on June 29, the yacht stopped sending data about its location. Meanwhile, the Vojvoda boat continued to shift position, moving along the coast of Norway to the north. The yacht and convoy are supposed to pass through Tromsø, Norway, and then head to Murmansk.
In a comment to the newspaper, the former British military attaché in Moscow, John Foreman, linked the movement of the yacht to the fact that they wanted to move the ship away from the range of Ukrainian strikes.
The 82-meter Graceful is the second largest yacht (after the 140-meter Scheherazade) used by the Russian president. Previously, she was seen several times in Sochi when Putin was there. The cost of the yacht, according to various estimates, is 100-120 million dollars. It is believed that after the war its name was changed to “Orca”.
The second “Putin’s yacht” – 71-meter “Victoria” – as of July 1 He was In Bodrum, Turkey, follows from marine traffic data. Journalists paid attention to its movements after the ship Graceful was spotted off the coast of Denmark.