Putin's palace? A mystery Black Sea mansion fit for a tsar

- DaddyPobbin ha detto...
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- Mag 4 2012, 17:00
Putin's palace? A mystery Black Sea mansion fit for a tsar

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On a thickly wooded mountainside overlooking Russia's Black Sea coast, an extraordinary building has gradually taken shape. It is alleged to be a palace built for the personal use of Vladimir Putin, with massive and illegal use of state funds....

...The massive wrought-iron gates into the courtyard are topped with a golden imperial eagle. Outside are formal gardens, a private theatre, a landing pad with bays for three helicopters, and accommodation for security guards...

Sergei Kolesnikov, who now works in the Estonian capital Tallinn having fled Russia, was for several years one of those responsible for building the palace.

He is the first insider from Mr Putin's business circle to blow the whistle on what he says is the high-level corruption threatening to destroy the country's economy...

When anti-corruption campaigners managed to get through to the front of the palace last year, they were met not only by private security guards, but also by uniformed members of the official Kremlin guard service.

Source: Google, BBC

Read More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17730959

"Or shall I perhaps know, That I was happy oft and oft before, Or must I be content with discontent..." - Edward Thomas, The Glory

[quote][b][user]DaddyPobbin[/user][/b] ha detto: [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17730959]BBC Video[/url] [quote][b]On a thickly wooded mountainside overlooking Russia's Black Sea coast, an extraordinary building has gradually taken shape. It is alleged to be a palace built for the personal use of Vladimir Putin, with massive and illegal use of state funds....[/b] ...The massive wrought-iron gates into the courtyard are topped with a golden imperial eagle. Outside are formal gardens, a private theatre, a landing pad with bays for three helicopters, and accommodation for security guards... Sergei Kolesnikov, who now works in the Estonian capital Tallinn having fled Russia, was for several years one of those responsible for building the palace. He is the first insider from Mr Putin's business circle to blow the whistle on what he says is the high-level corruption threatening to destroy the country's economy... When anti-corruption campaigners managed to get through to the front of the palace last year, they were met not only by private security guards, but also by uniformed members of the official Kremlin guard service. [img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/60036000/jpg/_60036322_map.jpg[/img] [size=8][b]Source:[/b] [i]Google, BBC[/i][/size] [/quote] [b]Read More:[/b] [i]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17730959[/i][/quote]

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- lawynd ha detto...
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- Mag 5 2012, 10:12
As far as I'm concerned, so long as he keeps putting out videos of wresting bears and throwing midgets, he can do what he likes. =P

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[quote][b][user]lawynd[/user][/b] ha detto: As far as I'm concerned, so long as he keeps putting out videos of wresting bears and throwing midgets, he can do what he likes. =P[/quote]

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- dankine ha detto...
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- Mag 5 2012, 14:00
what a surprise, the man's a crook.

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[quote][b][user]dankine[/user][/b] ha detto: what a surprise, the man's a crook.[/quote]

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- SaoCartel ha detto...
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- Mag 5 2012, 19:33
lawynd said:
As far as I'm concerned, so long as he keeps putting out videos of wresting bears and throwing midgets, he can do what he likes. =P
I concur.

[quote][b][user]SaoCartel[/user][/b] ha detto: [quote][b][user]lawynd[/user][/b] said: As far as I'm concerned, so long as he keeps putting out videos of wresting bears and throwing midgets, he can do what he likes. =P[/quote] I concur.[/quote]

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- MrBiznazty ha detto...
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- Mag 9 2012, 20:16
You would figure he wouldn't want a palace so close to Chechnya

[quote][b][user]MrBiznazty[/user][/b] ha detto: You would figure he wouldn't want a palace so close to Chechnya [/quote]

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- DaddyPobbin ha detto...
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- Mag 13 2012, 19:01
SaoCartel said:
lawynd said:
As far as I'm concerned, so long as he keeps putting out videos of wresting bears and throwing midgets, he can do what he likes. =P
I concur.I'd rather he continued being action man without embezzling funds.

"Or shall I perhaps know, That I was happy oft and oft before, Or must I be content with discontent..." - Edward Thomas, The Glory

[quote][b][user]DaddyPobbin[/user][/b] ha detto: [quote][b][user]SaoCartel[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]lawynd[/user][/b] said: As far as I'm concerned, so long as he keeps putting out videos of wresting bears and throwing midgets, he can do what he likes. =P[/quote] I concur.[/quote]I'd rather he continued being action man without embezzling funds.[/quote]

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- boris_bykov ha detto...
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- Mag 22 2012, 5:51
Putin is amazing.

[quote][b][user]boris_bykov[/user][/b] ha detto: Putin is amazing.[/quote]

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