Employees of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), founded by Alexei Navalny, have discovered that Russian President Vladimir Putin has a new palace on Cape Aya in Crimea.
Photo: FBK
Initially, this complex was built as a dacha for former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, but after the annexation of Crimea, the construction was deemed illegal. The property was transferred to Yuri and Boris Kovalchuk, businessmen close to Putin, after which it was rebuilt in accordance with the requirements of the Russian Federal Protective Service. No less than 10 billion Russian rubles (about 127.4 million dollars) were spent on all of this.
According to the FBK, the palace now bears little resemblance to Yanukovych's dacha — in comparison, it looked like a "shack." The main building features a 233-square-meter hall with a table for 20 people, a 154-square-meter bedroom with a marble bathroom and jacuzzi, and another bedroom measuring 183 square meters.
The lower floor houses a private hospital with several rooms: there's a therapist's office with an ultrasound machine, an examination and massage table, equipment for analyses, an electrocardiograph, and a physiotherapy device. There's also a dentist's office and an operating room with modern equipment, a spa center with a pool, a cryochamber, a cinema hall, a billiard room, and a wine cellar.
Adjacent to the main building are hotel apartments, on the roof of which is a park with sea views, and within the approximately 3.5-hectare territory, there is a helicopter pad.
The FBK writes that the construction was financed by businessman Vladimir Kolbin (son of Putin's childhood friend), the firm "Aratron," and the company "Forstis," which is possibly linked to Yuri Kovalchuk. Earlier, "Novaya Gazeta" also reported that the dacha on Cape Aya belongs to Putin's friends and referred to it as "Kovalchuk's dacha."
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