Putin's residences: what do we know about them?

Simple citizens have always been curious howthe mighty of this world live. And if the well-being of the billionaire who created his own empire only causes admiration and motivates to self-realization, then the luxury to which the first persons of the state, who are, in fact, ordinary officials of high rank, are used, sometimes causes a lot of questions. In particular, many Russians are interested in Putin's residences. How many of them actually exist? Let's try to figure it out together.

The official residences of Putin

If you believe the Office of the President of the Russian Federation,the former Russian prime minister has four. The most important of them, of course, is the Moscow Kremlin. It is followed by Gorki-9. In this suburban residence of Putin, which is located only 15 km from the capital, now lives Dmitry Medvedev with his family. By the way, the size of this complex is 80 hectares. As the third residence of Putin it is considered to be a small house in Valdai. Well, the fourth place is occupied by Bocharov Stream, which is located in Sochi. Compared with the heads of Germany and the United States, who have only two places for work and rest, this, it seems, is not so much. But does this information correspond to reality? If you count only the official residences of Putin, then yes. The question arises: "And how many palaces and dachas are at the disposal of the former Russian prime minister?". In the opinion of Boris Nemtsov and Leonid Martynyuk, who wrote a sensational report on "the life of a slave on galleys," their total number came close to two dozen. And this despite the fact that officially declared income of the prime minister slightly exceeds one hundred thousand dollars. And the most interesting is that 9 out of 20 current palaces appeared just during the time of GDP.

Modest monasteries of the Russian elite

In 2010, in a timely manner (?) businessman S. Kolesnikov, who left the country, wrote to D.Medvedev an open letter in which he informed that a luxurious residence was being built on the Black Sea coast specifically for the personal needs of the Russian prime minister. According to him, the new luxurious residence of Putin in Gelendzhik at its value is estimated at not less than a billion dollars. What do you think that could be built on such funds? They say, in with. Praskoveevka, which is located not far from Gelendzhik, for no reason there was a whole luxurious city. It includes a huge main building with a palace gate, made in refined Italian style, a helicopter pad capable of accommodating three helicopters, a wellness complex, elevators to the beach, a "tea house" and much more. If you believe S. Kolesnikov, and he was very close to the environment of the current president, V. Putin personally supervised the construction process ... No less remarkable is Bocharov Stream.

This is the name of the Sochi residence of Putin. This two-storey villa is designed in the spirit of Stalinist classicism. There are two swimming pools (with sea and fresh water), a helipad, a yacht berth and a gym. When you learn about such facts, one does not even believe that such residences are not enjoyed by some oil tycoon or Arab sheik, but the country's first person, whose twenty million inhabitants barely make ends meet ...