That’s how much money Putin should earn

He is said to be one of the richest leaders in the world and owns several large estates. Now the Kremlin has published how much Russian President Vladimir Putin is said to have earned in the past year.

According to the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin earned 10.2 million rubles (around 114,000 euros) last year. The Office of the President published on Friday the official earnings of the 69-year-old, who has been in power in Moscow for more than two decades. In addition, a 77 square meter apartment, three cars and a car trailer were listed as belonging to the Kremlin boss. Critics suspect that Putin is in fact many times richer. Corruption has repeatedly been accused of his apparatus of power.

Navalny reports on Putin’s palace

The Kremlin’s announcement caused a lot of ridicule on the Internet. Some users referred to research by the imprisoned Kremlin opponent Alexej Navalny, who has repeatedly uncovered corruption scandals. Last year, Navalny’s team assigned Putin a giant palace on the Black Sea coast in a two-hour film and revealed disguised ownership. The Kremlin called it “nonsense” and a “lie” at the time.

According to the information that has now been published, Putin was by no means the Russian politician with the highest income last year. Trade Minister Denis Manturov’s earnings were reported at 704.7 million rubles ($8.1 million). In the Kremlin, Putin’s special representative Vladimir Medinsky, who is currently leading the peace negotiations with Ukraine for the Russian side, is said to have earned the most with 106.7 million rubles (1.2 million euros).

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