| Lurssen | 142M (ex 140M)| "Scheherazade" ex. "LIGHTNING" | 2019 |

Uh... it's got gold toilet paper holders!

How is that not "overdone"?

Italian media claim that the Italian Government released the name of Eduard Khudainatov as owner of the yacht Scheherazade.
https://www.lanazione.it/massa-carrara/cronaca/scovato-il-proprietario-dello-scheherazade-1.7462555

...that was before the investigation and the discovery that most of the crew were FSO and FSB members.
The news you posted is dated 14 march...after that, there's been some new developments/leads.
The news I read this morning is that some Russian crew members, before leaving for Russia, confirmed that the real owner is P and that it was 'policy' or normal procedure to 'ground' or disembark the non-Russian crew for the time the boss was on board and have them back when he wasn't

I could also just be a case of having a name on the paperwork to cover up the true ownership. There have already been multiple indications that VP puts many of his assets in the names of trusted accomplices.

I think you are right. If you look carefully, in the last pic there are speakers just on the right.
So it could be a big LED screen.

I was checking the gym equipment and it's Foreman, a Russian manufacturer.

Here the hi-res pic of the interior

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/putin-yacht-new-03.jpg?quality=90&strip=all

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploa...n-yacht-new-04.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=768

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/putin-yacht-new-01.jpg?quality=90&strip=all

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/putin-yacht-new-02.jpg?quality=90&strip=all

It's even uglier in high-res!

All kidding aside, I find it both cool and impressive how they raise the pool floor and transform the area into an indoor lounge/party room.

Just for the audiophiles, on the sides of the piano, there are two Steinway Lingdorf Model B.
So P likes good sound.

Likes good sound? Or simply ticked the box that said "install most expensive speaker here"...?

They are not the most expensive ones, but...as an audiophile, I consider them the best and is not just my opinion.
Many conductors and people in the music industry I've spoken with, have chosen them for their homes because of the clarity, accuracy, realism, dynamics and ears fatigues in listening.
Personally, in a yacht like that, I would install the model D or the LS. These are expensive!

After stern extension works have been completed Scheherazade has a brand-new transom and is now afloat.
And...what an interesting thing...I was having a look at Graceful's interior (now Kosatka or something like that) and...look at what was playing peekaboo in plain sight...



Does someone recognise her?

Another section inside and outside the yacht is also being renovated,