Inside Putin’s tacky £100m super yacht nicknamed ‘The Killer Whale’ which Russian despot shares with his gymnast ‘lover’ – including ‘pool that turns into a dance floor’, £27k beds and workspaces for plotting war
In Putin’s tawdry £100 million superyacht nicknamed ‘The Killer Whale’, which the Russian despot shares with his gymnast ‘lover’ – including ‘swimming pool that turns into a dance floor’, £27k beds and workspaces for plotting war
- The Graceful was removed from Hamburg, Germany at the start of the war
Leaked photos have revealed the interior of Vladimir Putin’s tawdry £100 million superyacht nicknamed ‘the killer whale’ – decked out with a swimming pool that transforms into a dance floor, £27,000 beds and a workspace for war plans.
On board, the Russian dictator, 70, and his gymnast girlfriend, Alina Kaebaeva, 40, have separate bedrooms, with Putin clad in a velvet bedspread.
The photos taken by the investigative team of the Russian president’s nemesis, the imprisoned Alexei Navalny, show how he continues to live in luxury aboard the ship, named Graceful.
The 80-meter boat, towed from Hamburg days before the start of the war to avoid Western sanctions, is said to be Putin’s favorite floating love nest – even bigger than his seized yacht Scheherazade.
“Putin’s homes always have a separate bedroom for him – and another for his ‘good wife’ Navalny’s team.
On board, the Russian dictator, 70, and his girlfriend, Alina Kaebaeva, 40, have separate bedrooms
The Graceful was removed from Hamburg, Germany at the start of the Russia-Ukraine War to avoid Western sanctions
The yacht is equipped with two separate rooms for Putin and his lover, containing beds costing £27,000.
The bathroom is decorated with what appears to be marble floors and tiles
His partner’s room has a sofa worth £33,400 and a champagne carpet, worth over £71,000.
They also have separate bedrooms in his two palaces, Valdai, north of Moscow, and Gelendzhik, on a cliff overlooking the Black Sea.
In his lover’s bedroom, the bed cost £27,600, complete with a mattress costing £6,700 and two bedside tables costing £10,900.
There is a sofa worth £33,400 and a champagne colored carpet, worth over £71,000, running through it.
Since being taken from Germany and held in Kaliningrad, Russia, the yacht has been undergoing renovations at a yard where Hitler’s yachts were once made.
Putin’s lover’s bedroom has a bed costing £27,600, complete with a mattress costing £6,700, and two bedside tables costing £10,900
Navalny’s team insists Putin’s yacht is unaffordable compared to his official salary of £7,000 a month
Navalny’s team insists that Putin’s yacht is unaffordable compared to his official salary of £7,000 a month.
The dictator is said to have two other yachts, one gifted to him nearly 20 years ago by a topoligarch, the Olympia, and the other – the £550 million “floating palace” Scheherazade – confiscated by the West.
Putin’s officials deny that he owns these seagoing vessels.