Putin's Palace

"Putin's Palace"
"Дворец Путина"
Alternative names	Residence at Cape Idokopas
General information
Type	Palace
Architectural style	Italianate
Location	Gelendzhik Urban Okrug, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Coordinates	44°25′11″N 38°12′19″E / 44.4198035°N 38.2052456°E / 44.4198035; 38.2052456
Construction started	2005
Cost	$1,350,000,000 (estimate)
Owner	Alexander Ponomarenko (claimed; since 2011) Arkady Rotenberg (claimed)
Technical details
Size	17,691 square meters[1]
Design and construction
Architect	Lanfranco Cirillo
Main contractor	Spetsstroy of Russia [ru][2]

"Putin's Palace" (Russian: "Дворец Путина"),^[3] is also known as the Residence at Cape Idokopas.^[4]

It is a palace on the Black Sea coast near Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Sergei Kolesnikov and the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), led by Alexei Navalny, said the palace was built for President Vladimir Putin.

On 30 January 2021, Arkady Rotenberg said he owned the palace.^[5][6] Rotenberg said that he wanted the residence to be an apartment hotel.

1. ↑ Ilyushina, Mary. "Navalny releases investigation into decadent billion-dollar 'Putin palace". www.cnn.com. CNN. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
2. ↑ "Бизнесмен Колесников в первом видеоинтервью объяснился по поводу "дворца Путина"" [Businessman Kolesnikov in the first video interview explained about "Putin's palace"]. NEWSru (in Russian). 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
3. ↑ "How Navalny Uncovered Putin's $1.3 Billion Palace". Time. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
4. ↑ Yapparova, Lilia; Dmitriev, Denis; Kovalev, Alexey; Maglov, Mikhail (2021-01-29). Igumenov, Valery (ed.). "It's good to be the president". Meduza. Scanner Project; Translated by Kevin Rothrock. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
5. ↑ "Russian billionaire Arkady Rotenberg says 'Putin Palace' is his". BBC News. 30 January 2021.
6. ↑ "Putin's former judo partner says he owns palace linked to Russian leader". The Guardian. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.