The bedrooms are just as opulent, with four-poster beds and plenty of antique French and Italian furniture. Gilded ceilings and silk-panelled walls complete the ostentatious scheme. There's no doubt about it, this is luxe living at its finest.

The palace was reportedly being refurbished between 2005 and 2020 as it had suffered from a severe mould problem, according to a report by the BBC. In 2023, a Business Insider investigation also alleged that the Russian leader has an underground bunker built into the rock face beneath the mansion. However, while Putin faces sanctions, the New York Times described his assets as an "enigma".

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