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- ↑ IANS (2016-02-04). "Offshore patrol vessel INS Sumitra to serve as presidential yacht". GulfNews. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "Яхта Путина - описание и стоимость Олимпии, Сириуса и Graceful".
- ↑ Tom Parfitt (27 January 2011). "Russia's president splashes out on new super-yacht". guardian.co.uk .
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- ↑ Çankaya için lüks yat! Archived 2009-05-24 at the Wayback Machine (Turkish)