Roman Abramovich and his girlfriend Dasha Zhukova have managed to enrage the inhabitants of Venice by anchoring their enormous mega yacht in an otherwise scenic lagoon.

The Russian oligarch arrived for this week’s Venice Biennale art extravaganza in his 377-ft. Luna (above), the world’s largest expedition yacht that he purchased last year.

The ship has thrown a good portion of St. Mark’s Basin into shadow, angering locals no end. “The boats are getting too big and blocking the view,” Venice’s mayor, Giorgio Orsoni, complained to the press. “These yachts are showing up to see Venice for free, but St. Mark’s Basin is being turned into a motorway and we have to start limiting the traffic.”

He says he may institute a new tariff on oversized yachts which some wags have dubbed the “oligarch tax.” The Luna, which Abramovich lent to Madonna last year and which he partied on at the recent Cannes Film Festival, features two helicopters, seven smaller boats, a 10-man submarine, a music studio, swimming pool, basketball court, bulletproof windows and a crew of 40. At least he didn’t bring the even bigger Eclipse on his art-buying jaunt – that would really have had the Venetians up in arms. [Abramovich's Yacht in Venice on JamesList]

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