VLADIMIR Putin’s £90million megayacht has fled Kaliningrad after the dictator threatened to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine – and changed its name to “Killer Whale”.
The floating mansion, formerly Gracefullast seen en route to Saint Petersburg after leaving port in the Russian province, sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania.
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Photos show that the 270ft vessel has been renamed Kocatka, the Russian for orca.
It had been docked in Kaliningrad Oblast since escaping sanctions by leaving a German shipyard days before the invasion of Ukraine by Mad Vladi in February.
The vessel is believed to have disabled its AIS transponders meaning it cannot be tracked
The yacht’s luxuries include a swimming pool that can be converted into a dance floor and theatre, grand piano and cocktail bar.
Putin’s other hunt, the £500 million Scheherazadebelieved to have been a Christmas present in 2014 has been seized in Italy and is now under the flag of Malaysia.
Meanwhile, Putin’s propaganda TV channel has a terrifying segment “in anticipation of a nuclear conflict”.
The ominous series, broadcast by pro-Kremlin channel NTV, showed nuclear explosions and the “Armageddon” aftermath of the blast.
NTV is owned by energy giant Gazprom, which last month video of Europe “freeze to death” without Russian gas in an attempt to taunt the western powers.
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