A $135 million superyacht linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly leaving European waters for the northern Russian port of Murmansk, coinciding with new intelligence indicating the Russian military is installing anti-drone defenses on its submarines. According to The Telegraph, the 82-meter yacht, formerly named “Graceful” and now operating under the name “Kosatka,” is currently navigating along the Norwegian coast. The vessel is being escorted by two Russian Navy ships and its transit is being monitored by NATO. Notably, the yacht’s deck has been covered with specialized anti-drone netting.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. The vessel was previously relocated from a shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad in February 2022, 17 days before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It was sanctioned by the US four months later. The yacht’s Automatic Identification System (AIS) recently recorded its passage through the Danish straits before the signal was deactivated in the North Sea. John Forman, a former UK military attaché in Moscow, suggested the relocation to Murmansk is a precautionary measure following recent Ukrainian drone strikes on the Russian naval base in Kronstadt. “They don’t want to take any risks,” Forman stated, noting that the yacht is being moved as far away as possible from potential strike zones.