Today, Russia’s attack on Ukraine is being discussed the most. One month is nearing completion, but Russia has failed to capture Ukraine. Meanwhile, he has made the lives of about 45 million people in Ukraine hell. Millions of people have left Ukraine and taken refuge in neighboring countries, including Poland. There is panic in Ukraine. People are seeing death dancing on its head. When the ball of fire will take their life, they do not know. They are helpless.
The whole world is watching this brutality of Vladimir Putin. After all, what does this person want? Has a machine taken the place of human brain in his body made of bone-meat? To know the answers to these questions, we have to understand this person.
Putin’s personality has always been an enigma to the world. According to Fortune, the Russian government gives Putin’s annual salary only $ 1.4 million. Putin’s assets include an 800 square feet apartment, a trailer and three cars. But, he is considered as the richest person in the world. His lifestyle testifies to this.
Investment and asset management company Hermitage Capitas Management claimed Putin’s personal wealth was $200 billion in 2017. The company’s CEO Bill Browder made this claim before a judiciary committee of the US Senate. A report was prepared by ABC News based on a video released by Solidarity, an anti-Putin group. It was said that Putin has luxury watches worth 7 million dollars.
The President of Russia also has a luxurious palace of 1.90 lakh square feet. The news of this palace has come many times in the media. It has everything imaginable on earth including a nightclub, swimming pool. Leaders opposing Putin have also released pictures of this palace. They featured dining room furniture, estimated to be worth $5 million. But, as pressure mounted, in January this year, one of Russia’s top emirates, Arkady Rotenberg, said he was the real owner of the palace.
Apart from this palace of Black Xi, Putin is also the owner of 19 houses. They have 700 cars, 58 aircrafts and helicopters. One of his planes is named ‘Flying Kremlin’. Its price has been set at $ 716 million. It has a toilet made of gold. The Guardian has published a photo, which shows the 140 meters long and 6-storey yacht. Its owner has been told to Putin. Its price has been set at $ 700 million.
Putin has also given his friends opportunities to make a lot of money. Anti-corruption campaign Transparency International has uncovered $2 billion investment by Russian billionaires in London’s property market. In 2018, the Foreign Affairs Committee of England said in its report that Russian money was used in 20 percent of properties bought in England. It also said that it may be only a small part of the real investment of Russian billionaires.
Roman Abramovich, Putin’s friend and often seen at his birthday party, is the owner of Chelsea Football Club. Evgeny Lebedev, the son of a friend of Putin’s in the KGB, owns the Evening Standard newspaper. There are dozens of people whose wealth and prestige have increased tremendously in the last 10-20 years. They stand firmly with Putin today.
Yachts, expensive apartments and jets are the hallmarks of modern Russia’s billionaires. A new army of such billionaires has emerged in the last 20 years. They are said to have the patronage of Putin. These are people ready to live and die for Putin.
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