An old friend of Vladimir Putin built a fisherman's villa in Finland for the Kremlin chief. But the Russian president seems to have no interest in it – now the property is empty.
Munich – A million-dollar villa located directly on a lake - this is probably the perfect holiday home for many people. But not for Vladimir Putin: An old buddy built such a villa for the Russian president on Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland, but the Kremlin boss does not want to use it at all.
In addition to a wine cellar, a sauna and a swimming pool, the three-storey villa will also have an underground car park and a billiard room. This is reported by the independent Russian magazine The Insider, citing a construction plan of the house.
The Russian journalist Sergei Kanev now reported that the villa was never completely completed. The house is said to be empty, Kanev was probably able to enter it through an open door. This can be seen in a video that shows the journalist on his foray through the villa.
A villa has been built for Vladimir Putin on Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland – for around 3.2 million US dollars. But the Russian president does not want to use his new domicile. © IMAGO/imageBROKER/Franz Christoph Robiller
Putin's villa in Finland is empty: Kremlin chief has no interest in Finnish fishing
In the video, you can see scaffolding, stacks of building materials, tiles, a ladder, cables, refrigerators and an uninstalled bathtub. On a cardboard box that Kanev found in the mansion, it was written in Russian: "Do not touch these boxes without my consent."
The client is Viktor Khmarin, general director of the largest hydroelectric power plant in Russia, and an old fellow student of Putin. According to The Insider, construction of the villa is said to have begun before July 2017. Due to low wages and poor working conditions, construction workers are said to have quit again and again.
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However, when Khmarin realized that Putin had no interest in Finnish fishing, he stopped the construction of the villa. It is understandable that Putin has no time for Finnish fishing at the moment. He is in the middle of the Ukraine war, in Crimea and elsewhere the acts of sabotage are piling up, experts speak of a loss of control by Russia.
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The construction of the house is said to have cost around $3.2 million. Because he could not get the property sold elsewhere, Khmarin ultimately wrote off the house as a loss. (Hannah Köllen)
