Zelinksy is on Fareed CNN now
>Zelinksy is on Fareed CNN now
Z is ready to negotiate . said it is time to get this war ended
'There is literally no paper trail': How Russia experts say Putin hides a fortune
By Curt Devine, Casey Tolan and Majlie de Puy Kamp, CNN
Updated 4:42 PM ET, Thu March 17, 2022
The sprawling billion-dollar palace that sits on a hilltop overlooking the Black Sea is seen by some Kremlin critics as the ultimate emblem of Russian President Vladimir Putin's legacy of corruption.
Dubbed "Putin's Palace," the 190,000 square-foot mega-mansion was purportedly built for his personal use with funds from billionaire oligarchs, whom he allegedly allowed to flourish in Russia's notoriously corrupt economy so long as they shared the wealth – with him.
The property has its own amphitheater, underground hockey rink and private seaport, according to a documentary produced by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny's anti-corruption group. There is a no-fly zone in the skies above and a no-boating zone in the surrounding waters.
The magnificent fortress stands in stark contrast to the tiny 800-square-foot apartment Putin claims in his official 2020 financial disclosure.
Yet, despite the opulence of the hilltop retreat, "I would be very surprised if Putin ever sets foot in there again," Nate Sibley, an expert on Russian corruption who advises members of Congress, told CNN.
Sibley said the palace symbolizes what he sees as a bygone era of Putin pursuing, through the wealth of oligarchs, a luxurious lifestyle that he could never afford on his government salary. While Putin is believed to have amassed a hidden fortune by such means earlier in his career, Sibley said, he has since become less reliant on his wealthy benefactors over the years and has surrounded himself instead with government and military loyalists who share his hardline nationalist views.
That shift, some Russia experts told CNN, may make it more difficult to make Putin personally feel the sting of economic sanctions the US and its European allies have imposed to punish him for invading Ukraine
Prez Z can talk longer than Trump and Obama put together when answering a question
Pres Z just said that 'this is OPERATON BUNKER'
BUNKER APPLE YELLOW SKY??
>Putin in “total panic” fearing a pro-democracy uprising in Moscow,
that's the current DS narrative.
why, I don't know.
Putin knows he is not losing
DAY 24
New DS Narrative…..Zelinksy isn't so great afterall.
Will he reach an agreement with Putin soon?
Brainless Brian Stelter of unReliable sauces just asked his guests if there was an overreaction to Zelinsky as a war hero.
Asked if the admiration for him was way over the top and he doesn't deserve it.