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Vladimir Putin Addresses Alexei Navalny's Mega-Palace Claims, but Still Won't Say His Name
Newsweek ^ | 1/25/2021 | Danya Hajjaj

Posted on 01/25/2021 12:00:17 PM PST by Onthebrink

President Vladimir Putin has denied owning a sprawling luxury estate by Russia's Black Sea, after opposition figure Alexei Navalny accused him of hiding the property due to corrupt financing.

In an almost two-hour-long film shared on YouTube last week, Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) showed drone footage of an opulent 68-hectare (168-acre) "secret palace" that boasts an enormous mansion, two helipads, an arboretum and an underground ice hockey rink. The film alleged the property, which is worth $1.35 billion, was paid off through an intricate web of illicit funds orchestrated by Putin and his allies.

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TOPICS: Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: history; politics; russia; worldpolitics
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1 posted on 01/25/2021 12:00:17 PM PST by Onthebrink
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To: Onthebrink

Rich people always tell you never “own” anything, put it under some kind of trust.


2 posted on 01/25/2021 12:02:47 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nobody in particular

sounds like the biden family..


3 posted on 01/25/2021 12:03:37 PM PST by SGCOS
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To: Onthebrink

Bidens, Clintons, Schumer and Pelosi are SOOOOOOO jealous!....................


4 posted on 01/25/2021 12:03:57 PM PST by Red Badger (TREASON is the REASON for the SLEAZIN'.................................)
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To: dfwgator

Putin supposdely is worth 70 billion.


5 posted on 01/25/2021 12:04:17 PM PST by Onthebrink
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To: Onthebrink

unsurprising


6 posted on 01/25/2021 12:04:37 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: SGCOS

Vlad Biden could learn a few things from Putin.


7 posted on 01/25/2021 12:06:09 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: Onthebrink
If Brennan wants Navalny in, there is undoubtedly a reason.

"Imagine prospects for world peace, prosperity, & security if Joe Biden were President of the United States & Alexei Navalny the President of Russia. We’ll soon be halfway there."

https://twitter.com/johnbrennan/status/1314587438568833025?lang=en
8 posted on 01/25/2021 12:23:49 PM PST by softengine
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To: softengine
"Imagine prospects for world peace, prosperity, & security if Joe Biden were President of the United States & Alexei Navalny the President of Russia. We’ll soon be halfway there."

that confirms the fake U.S. "protests" are a CIA op

9 posted on 01/25/2021 12:35:35 PM PST by montag813 ("Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the Great")
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To: softengine

“If Brennan wants Navalny in, there is undoubtedly a reason.”

The last time I checked, Putin doesn’t belong to the Republican Party - meaning I doubt he sits by and makes excuses while the other side destroys the country he loves.


10 posted on 01/25/2021 1:12:24 PM PST by BobL (TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
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To: Onthebrink
OK, slight problem, the Newsweek link you posted leads to a Newsweek article titled: Alexei Navalny Inspires Big Anti-Putin Protests, but No Russian Spring—Yet by David Brennan

However the title you posted under is: Vladimir Putin Addresses Alexei Navalny's Mega-Palace Claims, but Still Won't Say His Name by Danya Hajjaj

Unfortunately now FReepers cannot find that David Brennans article has been posted in FR Title Search, and Danya's article will show up as previously posted when it has not been.

11 posted on 01/25/2021 1:13:04 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Onthebrink; All
The correct Newsweek link is:

Vladimir Putin Addresses Alexei Navalny's Mega-Palace Claims, but Still Won't Say His Name

12 posted on 01/25/2021 1:15:41 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: dfwgator

I saw the very long video with English subtitles. It is quite a Palace but it has had a ton of contractor errors, plus mold, and has had to be rebuilt. It is still not livable after 10(?) years. My Russian friends believe the Palace thing and web of “bribes” to be true.


13 posted on 01/25/2021 1:18:20 PM PST by Oystir
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To: Oystir

Oh, so you know. It is very large and on the Black Sea. Restricted airspace and water. Vineyards and wine bottling, heliports, underground hockey arena. Many smaller dachas. Italian design and special Italian furniture. A casino and a room with a stripper pole!


14 posted on 01/25/2021 1:31:21 PM PST by Oystir
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To: Onthebrink

Navalny is a Soros butt boy. Vlad had him stuck with a poison needle because in Russia, they enjoy liberals slowly dying for two weeks. However the assasin screwed up. Navalny wants to start a russian antifa, and legalize hard drugs. He appeals to degenerate do nothings just like here in the states.


15 posted on 01/25/2021 1:32:10 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1 ( )
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To: Onthebrink
How is that any different from what we have in our newly formed communist country...

I'd bet it's even worse here...
We have hundreds of commissars and former commissars with multiple palatial properties...

16 posted on 01/25/2021 1:50:06 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Joe McCarthy now that we desperately need him sober?)
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To: dfwgator

Navalny should talk....he’s one of Russia’s oil Oligarchs. Actually Russia’s better off with Putin than Navaly, who thinks he should be President of Russia.


17 posted on 01/25/2021 2:13:43 PM PST by caww (“For the people” and “For the children” - signals we're about to be scammed)
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To: dfwgator

Navalny should talk....he’s one of Russia’s oil Oligarchs. Actually Russia’s better off with Putin than Navaly, who thinks he should be President of Russia.


18 posted on 01/25/2021 2:13:43 PM PST by caww (“For the people” and “For the children” - signals we're about to be scammed)
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To: softengine

Alexei Navalny has been one of the Wests Protest organizers Activist for several years in Russia. He’s our Lefts dream for Regime change, so it’s no secret that they flew Navalny back to Russia from Germany now that Bidens in office.


19 posted on 01/25/2021 2:32:26 PM PST by caww (“For the people” and “For the children” - signals we're about to be scammed)
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To: dfwgator

The story of ‘palace’ is like 10 years old. It is a corporate resort of Rosneft oil company.
The speculations of Putin tied to it are about as credible as Trump’s pee tape. Both stories are sourced from the same place.


20 posted on 01/25/2021 9:29:29 PM PST by NorseViking
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