Putin 'holiday mansion' revealed by Russian opposition leader

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Putin 'holiday mansion' revealed by Russian opposition leader

Alexei Navalny publishes footage showing hidden island home he claims is one of president’s ‘standard corruption schemes’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrIsXKdjZdo
The video footage uploaded to YouTube by Alexei Navalny

Howard Amos in Moscow

Thursday 31 August 2017 10.13 EDT
Last modified on Thursday 31 August 2017 12.16 EDT

The Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has published aerial footage of a hidden island mansion near the Finnish border allegedly used by Vladimir Putin as a holiday retreat.

The mansion, known as Villa Segren, is located on a picturesque 50-acre site on and around Lodochny island in the Gulf of Finland. It was used as the backdrop for a Soviet TV adaptation of Sherlock Holmes filmed in the 1980s.

Drone footage of the site shows several large new houses, including the newly extended villa, a helipad and a pier. Navalny said the site was heavily guarded, including by a large fence, and that locals were barred from the area.

Read more at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/31/putin-holiday-mansion-revealed-russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny