Putin's secret wealth

The BBC One TV channel was released about how great the state of Vladimir Putin actually

Frame from the film “The Secret of Putin”, the portrait of the president “The Face of War”, created from the guils Daria Marchenko

Monday January 25 became Vladimir Putin's day on the channels of the BBC English holding: three films were devoted to the Russian president at once, two were talking about corruption, in the third about fans of the right -wing views from the Prochrevsky Network.

The “Putin” day on the BBC happened after the judge-investigator, Sir Robert Owen, in his 300-page report on the murder of the former FSB Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Litvinenko (he was poisoned by the radioactive Polonia on November 1, 2006 and died 22 days later) called Nikolai Patrushev (then the head of the FSB, now the head of the Council of the Russian Federation) and now the head of the Council of the Russian Federation) and now the head of the Council of the Russian Federation) and now the head of the Council of the Russian Federation) Vladimir Putin (and then and now - the President of the Russian Federation) as those who gave the good for a contract murder in the UK.

That's exactly why the film “The Secret of Putin”, which was shown in the Panorama program on the BBC One channel, is opened with the question: “Is the president involved in the murder is also responsible for theft on a particularly large scale?”

Journalist Richard Bilton indicates that although the official income of the President of Russia is approximately $ 110 thousand (according to the latest income declaration (in the 2014th year), the annual income of the Russian president amounted to 7 million 654 thousand 42 rubles, which, depending on the dollar and is a plus minus the indicated figure), Putin's spending clearly exceed his earnings. As a confirmation, the journalist notes the numerous watches of Putin of Putin of the most famous world brands and costs from $ 60,000 (Patek Phillippe Perpertual Calendar) to $ 500,000 (A.Lange & Sohne - Tourbograph) and even his sports costume (famous Italian brand Loro Plana). worth more than $ 3000. As an expert in the film, is a professor - Russianist and author of the sensational book (2014) “Putin's kleptocracy: who owns Russia?” Karen Davisha: “His (Putin) standard of living is much higher than anyone in the West is even higher than that of the richest people,” says Davisha. Other interlocutors of the English journalist-political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky, according to which (the source he does not call) Putin's condition is $ 40 billion, businessman Sergei Kolesnikov, who has known Putin since the late 1980s and who became the source of information about the Palace in Gelendzhik (more details-see The New Times No. 7 of 02.27.2012 and No. 1 of 04/23/2013 ).

However, the most explosive synchron of the film is an interview with the Deputy Minister of Finance of the United States who oversaw, including financial intelligence Adam Szubin.

“He (Putin) has a long -standing practice of concealing his real state,” said Szubin. And further: “I think it has been corrupt for many years,” he said. “He helps to enrich his closest associates and marganalizes those whom he does not consider friends. And all this is the use of state assets, whether it is energy resources or state contracts, ”explains Adam Zhubin

The Kremlin’s reaction was predictable: “This is pure fiction and slander,” said Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov.

Note: an interview with the representative of the American Treasury, according to The New Times, was done in the summer of 2015.

Nevertheless, the appearance on the BBC of this film as well as the film “The Seagull” of the Foundation for the fight against corruption suggests that the West does not intend to be silent - if not, to cover - the financial scams of Putin and its immediate environment. Few people have doubts that intelligence, including financial West, monitor the movement of money of autocrats around the planet. Most often, this information is not used in a public way - when diplomacy is powerless, blackmail comes into business. Obviously, in a situation with the “Russian king”, the West decided to play with open cards. It remains to understand why?

By the way, about the king ...

The film “The Secret of Putin” provides the following words of businessman Sergei Kolesnikov: “When I started arguing with Shamalov (member of the Lake Cooperative, the father of my husband Putin Katerina Tikhonova - The New Times ), then he said:“ Who are you? You are a slave. The king (as he often called Putin) decided, and you can fulfill your servility, ”says Kolesnikov. “Putin has reached his well -being corruption, the modern king, who plundered his empire,” the BBC correspondent snappers.