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According to A. Navalnas, 17,691 thousand. the square meter palace is built on an estate 39 times the territory of the Principality of Monaco, and the palace includes, for example, a casino, a theater, an underground hockey stadium and a hookah hall with a pillar on the stage.
The palace also has Italian-made toilet cleaning brushes, which are estimated to cost around € 700 per unit.
Navaln’s two-hour report on Putin’s Palace was viewed on YouTube by more than 100 million people. At times, it helped incite the largest street protests in Russia in many years and forced Putin to deny that the property belonged to him or his relatives.
On Saturday, Rotenberg, who once practiced judo with Putin, said he owned the farm.
“I have successfully concluded a deal with certain creditors and became the beneficiary of this stake,” Rotenberg was quoted as saying by the Russian news agency.
His press service said the billionaire wants to turn the palace into an apartment hotel.
Scanpix / AP Photo / Arcadian Rotenberg and Vladimir Putin
“Everything was done with great care, efficiency and professionalism,” said Rotenberg. “I hope to complete the work on this hotel in a few years.”
Russian state television on Friday denied that the property belonged to Putin.
However, Navaln’s allies say that work is still being done at the palace to remedy deficiencies caused by “negligence” when the palace was built.
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