Vladimir Putin has 改造するd his £1 billion clifftop palace, getting rid of his 政治家-dancing boudoir and 任命する／導入するing a church with a '王位' for his personal use.
The 独裁者, 71, was stung when investigative 新聞記者／雑誌記者s working with Alexei Navalny's anti-汚職 創立／基礎 (FBK) discovered the gaudy Gelendzhik 城 overlooking the 黒人／ボイコット Sea three years ago.
まっただ中に a スキャンダル over misuse of 明言する／公表する 基金s, the Kremlin （人命などを）奪う，主張するd it belonged instead to his childhood friend Arkady Rotenburg, 72, who told reporters he was creating a sumptuous 'apart-hotel'.
But Putin-選挙立会人s saw this as a smokescreen and now a new 漏れる appears to show the changing tastes of the 独裁者 まっただ中に an opulent makeover of the sprawling palace, which 含むs a 16-storey 地下組織の コンビナート／複合体 built into the cliff-直面する that has drawn comparisons with a?James 社債 villain's lair.
The 最新の embarrassing 公表，暴露s about the palace come as Putin is today 就任するd as ロシアの 大統領，／社長 for the fifth time に引き続いて his 'victory' in a March 選挙 広範囲にわたって seen as rigged.
As part of the makeover, Putin had a gilded altar 任命する／導入するd with decorative marble columns
Navalny's team 以前 株d a photo they （人命などを）奪う，主張するd showed a （土地などの）細長い一片 政治家 in the house?
Dug into the sprawling countryside of?Gelendzhik, Putin's opulent £1billion palace
A swanky new remodelling brings together elements from antiquity and modern stylings?
Past renderings 株d by Navalny's team show what was 述べるd as a 私的な 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業
The ロシアの 大統領，／社長's 悪名高い striptease 行う／開催する／段階 and 政治家-dancing hookah hall, casino, gaming room and 'aqua disco' - for which he was mocked and shamed in the 2021 公表，暴露 - are out.?
Commentators 推測するd the accoutrements were not in keeping with his 最近の 押し進める for ロシアのs to embrace 伝統的な values.
Out, too, is the garish gold ornaments and decorations 公式文書，認めるd in the previous expos? of the palace.
Instead, the 所有物／資産／財産 has been furnished with a 伝統的な church 完全にする with its own 木造の 王位 for Putin, along with sacred 宗教的な icons and images.
One 描写するs canonised Prince Vladimir the 広大な／多数の／重要な - the same 指名する as Putin, and his historical hero - who more than one thousand years ago was credited with 部隊ing ウクライナ共和国 and Russia.
'This is probably the only room where the 指名する of the real owner of this palace is 直接／まっすぐに 示すd,' said the 調査 by 出口s FBK - 以前は associated with '殺人d' 対立 leader Alexei Navalny - and 独立した・無所属 ロシアの 出口 Proekt.
Putin's personal church takes centre 行う／開催する／段階 with a gilded altar, marble 床に打ち倒す mural, and a wash of dark green patterns on the 塀で囲むs to 供給する a sensible, sober feel.
It is a world away from 以前 漏れるd computer 生成するd images 明らかにする／漏らすing 計画（する）s for a hookah room in the palace, 完全にする with （土地などの）細長い一片 政治家 and sofas.?
Epic 絵s of historical war scenes have appeared - showing a heroic Russia, for example at the 1812 戦う／戦い of Borodino when Napoleon 苦しむd grievous losses.
One 含むs part of a 目だつ Kremlin 絵 called 'Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword!'
The 最新の 調査 into the palace 革新 was based on 公表，暴露s from a 労働者 on the palace redesign who slipped his FSB minders to film the gargantuan palace dripping in 高級な.
The 調査（する） with inside sources 確認するs this is no apart-hotel, as written on the paperwork, but 'a palace built for Vladimir Putin'.
Computer 生成するd renderings of 計画（する）s for a （土地などの）細長い一片 or hookah room at the 'palace'
The renderings stand in stark contrast to scenes from the remodelling, featuring marble 床に打ち倒すs and a carved 木造の 議長，司会を務める
Putin's 革新 (left) has mirrored his Kremlin desk (権利) design, with four phones by his 味方する?
Putin working at his desk, 場所 unknown, 完全にする with 多重の phones to his left
A room dubbed an 'aqua disco' in Putin's?Palace in Gelendzhik by the 黒人／ボイコット Sea
（映画の）フィート数 記録，記録的な／記録するd inside the house appeared to show a hot tub in the remodelled home
From the outside, another water feature fills the space, surrounded by columns
It 明らかにする／漏らすd: 'The 再建 of the 施設 was carried out in the strictest secrecy.
'労働者s were 輸送（する）d to work on 借り切る／憲章d buses, but were often not すぐに 許すd の上に the 前提s.
'They arrived at the 検問所 but were 軍隊d to wait for several hours without food or water.
'明らかに someone important had arrived, they 結論するd. Inside, they 禁じるd the use of telephones.'
Secret services officers are said to have 絶えず 監視するd their work as they 行為／行うd 革新s.
The FBK and Proekt 報告（する）／憶測s 追加するd: 'の直前に the end of the work, one of the 建設業者s walked around the almost-finished palace.
'Contrary to strict 禁止s, this man brought a phone inside and…filmed the second 床に打ち倒す, on which there are 11 bedrooms, and then went 負かす／撃墜する to the first - the one where there used to be rooms with a 政治家, a casino, a gaming area and an aqua discotheque.'
These had been 取って代わるd, it 結論するd, while the church had appeared.
They 設立する French carpets costing £87,000 'in this type of Louis XVI' and chandeliers valued at ten times this 量.
ビデオ showed how the building had been modelled in a 完全に new direction, 製図／抽選 inspiration from antiquity and featuring 思い出の品s of Russia's 皇室の past.?
In a sitting area, earthy トンs contrasted sprawling rugs with 伝統的な, colourful designs.
非常に高い mirrors gave extra depth to a large room of hig h-天井d white 塀で囲むs さもなければ only punctuated by landscapes of Russia's warring victories.
War heroes also featured prominently in the 大統領's personal palace, pictured in oval portraits around the house.
Renderings 株d by Navalny's team once 趣旨d to show a hookah lounge in the house
Today the house looks very different, with depictions of re ligious icons and sparse decor
Part of the new 内部の at the renovated Gelendzhik Palace (on the left) copies Kremlin's 内部の, seen during Vladimir Putin's 2018 就任（式）／開始 (on the 権利)
The 改造する draws inspiration from antiquity, brought to life with colourful 絵s and 素晴らしい chandeliers?
French carpets 定価つきの at £87,000 each to be featured in Putin's opulent new 改造する
A swimming pool inside the high-天井d £1billion 逃亡 近づく the 黒人／ボイコット Sea
Navalny's team from FBK exposed the スキャンダル over the secret cliff 最高の，を越す 住居 in a 2021 film ca lled 'Palace for Putin. The story of the biggest 賄賂.'
In that 明らかにする／漏らす, a 採掘 engineer who worked on the construction of the clifftop palace said it had indeed been built for the 大統領，／社長 and 'there is a whole anthill in the 激しく揺する under the house' 含むing a 核の 避難所.
The subterranean maze 含むs a cliff 直面する balcony overlooking the sea and a 広大な ワイン cellar.
Its construction was more ingenious than Dr No's （船に）燃料を積み込む／（軍）地下えんぺい壕 in James 社債, he said.
It was 'a balcony - literally a loggia hanging over the sea' built into the cliff, from which the owner can enjoy ワイン tasting from the palace 在庫／株s, he said.
In August 2023, General Gennady Lopyrev, 69, once の近くに to Putin, who was keeper of the secrets about the palace's construction died mysteriously in 刑務所，拘置所.
He suddenly became ill - gasping for breath - and was told by doctors he had 以前 undiagnosed leukaemia.
疑惑s arose that he was 毒（薬）d just as he became 適格の for 仮釈放（する）.
The general was 刑務所，拘置所d for ten years in 2017 by a 軍の 法廷，裁判所 （刑事）被告 of 賄賂-taking and 不法所持 of 弾薬／武器 - 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s he always 否定するd.
