Putin's Residence is not a house in the country, a hamlet, or a home.

It's a city, or more

accurately, a kingdom. One of the most contentious issues in what would be the start of
Vladimir
Putin's third government. A mansion built for Vladimir Putin's "personal use" on the edge of
a
densely wooded mountain overlooking Russia's Black Sea coast but concealing the world's
most
enormous bribe and Russian government secrets within its walls.
This $1 billion property was designed as a simple holiday home with a pool. Still, it now has
a
grand colonnaded facade reminiscent of the rural palaces built by Russian czars in the 18th
century.
According to Sergei Kolesnikov, who was in charge of the palace's construction, the
structure
signifies high-level corruption that would destroy Russia's economy and be the absolute
showcase
of the country's dictatorial power and as "The New Tsar." Nikolai Shamalov and Dmitry
Gorelov
were involved in a project to provide modern medical equipment to Russian hospitals, which
Putin
himself advocated.
The money contributed to help repair Russia's hospitals were mostly moved to firms abroad
at Putin's request, where it was used for other investment projects without the knowledge of
the
donors. The Black Sea palace at Praskoveevka, known as "Project South," received a rising
share
of the extra funds. The enormous sums spent on the castle astounded Kolesnikov, who
questioned
whether the palace was built for someone other than Putin. Only the president and prime
minister
can afford three helipads and maximum security from the federal coast guard service
commission.
He claims to have discussed Putin's directions on fittings and furnishings with the deputy
prime
minister, Igor Sechin, and a top officer of the Federal Security Service.
Vladimir Kozhin, the chief of the Presidential Affairs Department, signed a contract to
build
the palace on state-owned land but afterward denied knowing anything about the location.
The
Kremlin (composed of the Soviet Union's administration and its highest-ranking members)
lied

when it claimed it had no participation in the palace's construction, according to records

discovered
by Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia's few opposition newspapers. According to the documents,
the
estate was not built for Putin, and he did not contribute to its design. When anti-corruption
demonstrators arrived at the front of the palace in 2011, they were greeted by the Kremlin's
official
guard service. The complex infrastructure implies the facility's proper function, which
Kolesnikov
characterizes as a "government-funded building of a road leading straight to the palace."
To sum up, the palace represents extensive corruption in the Russian government, the
dominance of the leader, or rather tsar, a resurgence of the oligarchy that was once supposed
to be
extinct, and one of the world's greatest economic disasters. We're all enslaved, and
expressing our
opinions isn't a choice. The palace, for its part, could cause one of the world's worst economic
disasters because it is unclear where such a massive number of money would come from to
fund
its construction, and it will remain a mystery because nothing is certain.
Whewell, B. T. (2012).
Putin's palace? A mystery Black Sea mansion fit for a tsar
. BBC News.
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17730959