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Evening Standard
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Josh Salisbury

Italy probes ‘mystery £530m vessel’ amid rumours Vladimir Putin owns it

Speculation abounds locally the yacht could belong to Putin

(Picture: AP)

Italian police are probing a mysterious superyacht in a small Tuscan town to see whether it should be seized under Russian sanctions amid speculation it could belong to Vladimir Putin himself.

The Scheherazade, worth an estimated $700 million, (£533m) dominates the harbour at Marina di Carrara, but no owner has been publicly identified.

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