Always ready for a quick getaway.

His escape pod follows him everywhere.

With helicopters and submarines.
Trump better not cross them.

Abramovich left the real yacht at home; parking is so tight in US marinas...

I cannot imagine a 500ft boat.

I'm sure the nuclear payload is well-hidden.

The Russian mob is not known for being nice.

Wow a city block....
He could have military housing in there....

Would be a good disguise, no one questioning it.

They really do think that the rules don't apply to them.

the middle of an investigation about colluding w/ the Russians to hack the last election and Russian money laundering. God, they have nerve!

Wouldn't surprise me at all if these "luxury liners" were up to no good.

Oligarch that shadows Trump.

On Twitter no one else seems to even notice.

Know.

Anything is quite possible.

What we do know is unbelievable, the crime of the century, stealing a US election by a hostile foreign
government.

Russia news will even be shocked. The President of the United States is celebrating Thanksgiving with the Russians that are running our government. This insane.

there also right now? I live about 80 miles north of there.

Honest to God. If this were a novel I wouldn't believe it.

Trump is hitting up Mercer for more $$ to pay off the Trump family legal bills.

Also I would not be surprised if Trump is talking about a way out of the country if it gets too hot for him.

Out in the open. If you would have told me this a year ago, I would've thought you were insane.

Do you think the luxury cruise ships are KGB surveillance ships?
Gathering info on Trump where ever he goes?

Abramov may have 2 yachts out there.

Wonder if the CIA is checking things out?
They should be.
If we can ask these questions, so should they.

Guy @barney1776 he is tracking the yachts down there. I don't know about the CIA, there is a photo with coast guard surrounding one if these yachts, they appear to be protecting the yacht.

Honest to God, this is just crazy.

The American military is now protecting Putin et al, or perhaps the Orange Squirrel is going to
board one of the Russian vessels. Either way it is insane.

No, I don't twitter. I text and do the internet, but draw the line at tweeting, or twittering.

Does Barney have any ideas what is going on?

True.

Bad link in my first post

Dr. Evil: You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here! What do we have?

Number Two: Sea Bass.

Dr. Evil: [pause] Right.

Number Two: They're mutated sea bass.

Dr. Evil: Are they ill tempered?

Number Two: Absolutely.

Dr. Evil: Oh well, that's a start.

across the water from our house, earlier in the year. It looks like something out of a Bond movie in real life!

Its sheer scale makes it stand out - more like a small liner than a yacht.

They stole the US presidential election in a pretty open way.

Probably more mafia than KGB, but there are overlaps.

Greenock's a very popular port of call for liners etc., but we did wonder what he was up to during his visit. I doubt it was because of the nearby nuclear sub bases around us, but the Navy were certainly keeping close tabs!

stupid American businessmen.

What better way to gather intelligence. Send Russian luxury liners to ports near Trump or American military bases. Putin thinks we are stupid for good reason.

It didn't stop the UK government allowing Abramovich to own a football club, several newspapers and various expensive properties, despite court cases like this one.

All one big amorphous blob with lots of in-fighting and palace intrigue.
Their tentacles reach far and wide.

They are doing a pretty good job of ruling the world at this point.
Crime of the century stealing the US presidential election.

They go hand in hand, always have since money was invented.

In the end, what's more important to them: political goals - KGB goals - or vast wealth - mob goals?

If anyone can separate those two somehow and get them to conflict (as targeted sanctions tried, hence the urgency of the Russian oligarch beatback), they may be able to unravel it. I'm not optimistic at the moment!

He could care less about Russia, he sucked the economy dry, Russians have a lower standard of living now than the Chinese.

Power and wealth are intertwined, yes.

If you are wealthy you can buy power.
If you have power you can easily obtain wealth.
Bi-directional spiral.
And it has a strong addictive quality to it.
No amount of money or power is ever enough.

Look at Rudy Giuliani. He was spotted in Russia. They are organizing a cover story with Putin's intelligence services.

Way too late to cook a story. nt

We have to coordinate our intelligence collections and plan accordingly. Maybe the FBI, CIA and NSA should take notice...

for Thanksgiving weekend...

I'm sure they are watching him quite closely.

How hard would it be to get to the ship and then head for international waters?

requires they meet once in a while and discuss his progress in making sure sanctions dont exist.

There is a traitor in the WH and half of this country does not care.

Wasn’t he recently given a temporary lift on his house arrest for the holidays?

They are getting divorced.. He's normally at Art Basel. Except - it doesn't start until the 7th. Odd.

His wife runs in very blue circles. IE Jennifer Meyer who threw a fundraiser for Clinton.

That yacht is normally docked in Miami for Art Basel Miami.

can't keep the boss waiting.

If so, where is that Jack Ryan fellow?

is "Jethro", NCIS on the case!

investigative journalists, including photographers, watching.