For those keeping track at home, RuLeaks, who revealed interior photos of the Putin Palace on the Black Sea (Zillow Zestimate
® $1 billion) earlier this decade has disappeared from the face of the earth.
From the Daily Mail:
Russian President
Vladimir Putin might be the richest man in the world, according to experts who believe he could have a net worth of $200billion.
The official richest man in the world, according to
Forbes, is Microsoft's Bill Gates with a net worth of $75billion.
During
his nearly two decades in power, Putin's net worth has been widely
speculated, with the former KGB agent likely having private assets in
real estate and company holdings.
One
of the most quoted guesses of the 64-year-old's net worth is political
analyst Stanslav Belkovsky's 2007 estimation of $40billion, but Bill
Browder, author and a former fund manager in Russia, has said the
president has a higher worth - upwards of $200billion.
IBTimes
raised the question of Putin's wealth last week, pointing out that
Browder spoke to Fareed Zakaria GPS in 2015, claiming that Putin's years
in power have led him to gain quite a fortune.
'I
believe that it's $200 billion,' he said at the time. 'After 14 years
in power of Russia, and the amount of money that the country has made,
and the amount of money that hasn't been spent on schools and roads and
hospitals and so on, all that money is in property, bank - Swiss bank
accounts - shares, hedge funds, managed for Putin and his cronies.'
And yet, Putin has been snubbed from the official Forbes list of the world's richest men and women over the years....
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Previously:
2010
...In an interview with the Guardian, Belkovsky repeated
his claims that Putin owns vast holdings in three Russian oil and gas
companies, concealed behind a "non-transparent network of offshore
trusts".
Putin "effectively" controls 37% of the shares of Surgutneftegaz, an
oil exploration company and Russia's third biggest oil producer, worth
$20bn, he says. He also owns 4.5% of Gazprom, and "at least 75%" of
Gunvor, a mysterious Swiss-based oil trader, founded by Gennady
Timchenko, a friend of the president's, Belkovsky alleges....
This led to a letter to the editor the next day, from Gunvor's CEO. "Putin owns no part of Gunvor". which categorically denied that Vlad had any interest in the trader....MORE
2011
We hot-linked to the pictures rather than downloading to our 'puters so when the site disappeared the pics on our site died as well, they're still out there on the web if you want to poke around, we don't.
Here's an exterior shot:
