MOSCOW- Is the Russian president. Vladimir Putin is displaying a throwback of Russian Tsars? He is claimed to have wealth of £140bn.
According to the Daily Mirror, a trigger-happy warmonger who basks in public adoration at home and shrugs off the anger of the West, that Russia’s macho president is arguably the world’s most powerful man is no surprise.
That Vladimir Putin may also secretly be, by far, the world’s richest man will come as a shock to many.
Russia’s feared autocrat is well and truly a law unto himself and uses his unfettered power almost as he pleases.
This has never been clearer than in the sinister case of Russian spy, Alexander Litvinenko, whose murder in London in 2006, Sir Robert Owen’s inquiry concluded last week was probably sanctioned by Putin. The Kremlin is, of course, threatening to sue the British government over the claim.
Sixteen years after he was first elected, 63-year-old Putin’s position as Russian president is stronger than ever. But another picture is slowly emerging from the murk, of a man not only obsessed with vast power, but also, with obtaining unimaginable wealth. Almost 100 years since the Russian Revolution, it is almost as if country has a new Tsar.
While Putin describes himself as a modest man, with a 2014 income of a mere 7.65 million roubles £83,000, property which consists of two not over-large apartments and a share in a car parking garage, some claim in reality he has a staggering fortune. Estimates range from £28billion to £140billion.
A gigantic sum that, if true, would make him the wealthiest man in the world. The £140billion, claimed by Putin critic and hedge fund manager Bill Browder, is more than twice the fortune of Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
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