Controversy Surrounds Putin’s Alleged Luxury House

Russian President Vladimir Putin is alleged to own a luxury country house located 30 kilometers from the Finnish border. The Dossier Center, owned by Russian opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky, claimed that the property includes helipads, an air defense system, a pier, an animal farm, and a 4-meter waterfall. Accessible only by yacht over the lake and by air, the house is said to be surrounded by barbed wire and monitored with sensors. The center alleges that funds for the luxury estate were provided by Kremlin-friendly oligarchs, and the construction involved the illegal inclusion of land and a waterfall from national parks. Kremlin has not yet responded to the allegations. Previously, in 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny claimed that Putin owned a palace on the Black Sea coast, a claim Putin denied.