- Putins Palace, allegedly. BBC report 2012. Still a mystery in 2020? Archived Message
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17730959 "Mystery still surrounded it" in 2012. And now? "but documents obtained by one of Russia's few opposition newspapers, Novaya Gazeta, and seen by Newsnight suggest that the Kremlin lied when it said it had no involvement in the building of the palace. An agreement to build the mansion on state-owned land was signed by the head of the Department for Presidential Affairs, Vladimir Kozhin, who subsequently denied knowing anything about the site. The documents do not prove that the palace was meant for Putin himself, or that he was personally involved in its construction. But mystery still surrounds it." Apparently it is still owned by some oligarch Anyone have hard info. GB |