Putin said that none of the objects that appear in the investigation of Alexei Navalny belonged to or belonged to him or his family.

 

"Boring, girls." Putin commented on Navalny's investigation of the palace in Gelendzhik

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For the first time, Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on Alexei Navalny's film, in which the oppositionist claims that Putin owns a huge palace near Gelendzhik. According to him, he did not watch the film, but leafed through the videos prepared by the assistants.

Putin said that none of the objects that appear in Alexei Navalny's investigation belong or belong to him or his family.

"Nothing that is indicated there as my property, neither me, nor my close relatives belongs and never did," the Russian president said, communicating with students via videoconference on the occasion of Russian Students' Day. The question about the palace was asked by Daniil Chemezov, a student of the Ufa State Oil Technical University.

"Well, they posted my picture of swimming in butterfly style. I am so sloppy, but sometimes I like to swim like that. In some kind of pool, where I have never been. And I don't know what kind of pool it is. But I swam like that. When and where?" In the Yenisei in 2016. Well, in such cases, it's just a compilation, it's editing. In the language of one of our famous characters, I must say: boring, girls. Well, at least they would have thought of something else, "the president said.

He added that he knows some people who are mentioned in the material: "People who are mentioned there. I know someone, someone is my friend, a former colleague. Some distant relatives, some acquaintances. There are people, which I don't know at all, which are mentioned there. "

“I didn’t watch this movie for lack of free time to view such information, but leafed through the videos that the assistants brought me,” he said.

Putin added that information about his palace has been exaggerated for more than ten years: "Anyway, now it's just a good opportunity, they put everything together and decided to brainwash our citizens with all these materials. And they launched it on the Internet - there are some films, video programs." ...

All-Russian action of Navalny

On Saturday, January 23, thousands of rallies of Navalny's supporters took place in dozens of Russian cities. Some of the participants brought on them toilet brushes mentioned in Navalny's film.

In Moscow, according to various estimates, up to 40 thousand people took part in the action. Some activists and social activists called it the most massive in Russian history.

Putin commented on the protests. He said that all people have the right to express their point of view within the framework of the law: "Anything that goes beyond the framework of the law is not just counterproductive, but dangerous." The police should act according to the law, he said.

The President added that in Russia the situation "went far beyond the law and led to such a swing in society and the state, from which not only those who rocked the state and society suffered, but also those people who had nothing to do with it."

Putin recalled the storming of the Capitol in the United States: "They captured the parliament in Washington. What are they doing with these people? As one of the FBI leaders said," We have long arms, we will get everyone, we’ll catch everyone, we’ll imprison everyone. " as for internal terrorism. They also came out with political slogans. But outside the law. Why should everything be allowed outside the law? No. "

Palace in Gelendzhik

Navalny's film "Palace for Putin" has gained 86 million views since its publication on YouTube on January 19.

It is a two-hour film about a luxurious palace on the Black Sea coast near Gelendzhik, which Navalny claims is owned by President Vladimir Putin and funded by people around him.

According to Navalny, this palace "is protected by hundreds, even thousands of people - from unknown guards, gardeners and builders to the richest and most famous people in Russia." Those working there are not allowed to bring a mobile phone with a camera. Arriving cars are searched at several checkpoints, with the help of mirrors and pits with video cameras, trunks and glove compartments are searched, according to Navalny's investigation.

The area of ​​the palace complex itself is 68 hectares, the palace - 17 691 square meters. Seven thousand hectares of land around the palace is in the FSB and is a closed area, according to the investigation. Navalny calls the palace the largest private residential building in Russia.

In addition to the palace itself, in the closed area there is a covered ice palace, a church, a 2.5 thousand square meter greenhouse, an 80-meter bridge and an amphitheater. Since the palace is located on a steep bank, a special tunnel was dug for access to the sea, at the end of which there is a tasting room overlooking the sea, the investigation says.

The FSB prohibits fishing near the promontory on which the palace stands, and aircraft are prohibited from flying over the territory, follows from the investigation. The local FSB "urges us to bypass Cape Idokopas [on which Putin's palace stands] a mile away," Navalny said.

The investigation shows the plan of the palace and demonstrates the rooms and their decoration using 3d-modeling. The photographs of the palace, according to Navalny, were taken by workers who carried out repairs there. The palace has several saunas and hamams, a swimming pool, a hairdresser, a mud room and an aquadiskotheque.

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The palace also has a winter garden and a music lounge. The area of ​​the bedroom alone in the palace, according to the above plans, is 260 square meters. Among the pieces of furniture, a vase for 2.6 million rubles, a sofa for 3 million and a coffee table for 4.3 million rubles stand out.

The authors of the investigation cite a financing scheme for the palace, which mentions Putin's old associates - the head of Transneft Nikolai Tokarev, the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin, entrepreneurs Yuri Kovalchuk and Gennady Timchenko. The scheme also includes Svetlana Krivonogikh, whom the Proekt newspaper called a close acquaintance of Putin, and gymnast Alina Kabaeva, whose connections with Putin were also reported in the media.