Yacht, 700 Cars: A Look At Vladimir Putin's Wealth

Vladimir Putin is believed to be the world's richest man. The CEO of a wealth management company claimed Putin's personal wealth is $200 billion.

"I was shocked at this list of goodies, LOOT. It may be the most massive list of a political psychopath known.

And, check back, we'll look in a bit at his cronies, thugs, band of pirates oligarchs. This is a country greatly influenced by their psychopath culture."

These two photos from The Sun:

Officially, the Kremlin has mentioned that Putin earns an annual salary of $140,000, according to Fortune. His publicly declared assets include an 800-square foot apartment, a trailer and three cars, the report further said.

But he is often believed to be the world's richest man. Investment and asset management company Hermitage Capital Management claimed in 2017 that Putin's personal wealth is $200 billion. The claim was made by the company's CEO Bill Browder before a Judiciary Committee of the US Senate.

His comments about Putin and Russia are taken seriously as Browder was a major investor in Russia during the 1990s.

The claims about the Russian President's ridiculous amount of money keep doing the rounds due to the lifestyle that he leads. Putin is seen wearing luxury watches, like Patek Philippe's Perpetual Calendar worth $60,000 and a $500,000 A Lange & Sohne Toubograph, according to Fortune.

Ten years ago, ABC News carried a report based on a video released by Russian opposition group Solidarity, in which it said that Putin owns luxury watches worth $700,000 - about six times his official salary.

More on Putin's wealth, but symbolic of any greedy political psychopath:

The Golden Goose: he's got it too.

https://thedarkknot.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-greed-for-golden-gooseerahgolden.html

Luxury me, not you:

https://thedarkknot.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-need-to-greed-700-luxury-cars.html

Yachts, hidden in plain site. Just look.

https://thedarkknot.blogspot.com/2022/03/hiding-and-hoarding-greed-pt-2.html

Putin is also believed to be the owner of a swanky 190,000 square-foot mansion sitting atop a cliff that overlooks the Black Sea. The description of the property, carried by many news publications, say it has frescoed ceilings, a marble swimming pool lined with statues of Greek gods, spas, an amphitheater, a state-of-the-art ice hockey rink, a Vegas-style casino and a nightclub. If that is not enough, the mansion also has a barroom showcasing wine and spirits worth hundreds of dollars.

The pictures of the opulent mansion have been released by Russian opposition leaders in the past, who call it "Putin's Country Cottage". The photos claim to show $500,000 dining room furniture, a $54,000 bar table, decked-out bathrooms with fancy $850 Italian toilet brushes and $1,250 toilet paper holders. But in January this year, Russian oligarch Arkady Rotenberg said he is the owner of the mansion, not Putin, according to the BBC.

Apart from reports about the Black Sea mansion, the 69-year-old Russian President also rumoured to be the owner of 19 other houses, 700 cars, 58 aircraft and helicopters. One of these planes - "The Flying Kremlin" - is built at a cost of $716 million and has a toilet made of gold.

On Tuesday, The Guardian carried a piece which had a photo of a 140-metre-long, six-floor super yacht in Italy, also believed to be owned by Putin. The Scheherazade, said to be worth $700m, is docked in a shipyard in Marina di Carrara, a town on Italy's Tuscan coast. The Guardian report said that the vessel is equipped with a spa, swimming pools, two helipads, a wood-burning fireplace and a pool table designed to tilt so as to reduce the impact of the waves.

What is the greed drive?

https://thedarkknot.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-drive-greed-one-emotion-rage-putin.html

700 Luxury cars

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Rivers of gold

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