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    Putin 'holiday mansion' revealed by Russian opposition leader

    Alexei Navalny publishes footage showing hidden island home he claims is one of president’s ‘standard corruption schemes’
    by Howard Amos in Moscow Aug 31, 2017 2 minutes
    The video footage uploaded to YouTube by Alexei Navalny

    The Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has published aerial footage of a hidden island mansion near the Finnish border allegedly used by Vladimir Putin as a holiday retreat.

    The mansion, known as Villa Segren, is located on a picturesque 50-acre site on and around Lodochny island in the Gulf of Finland. It was used

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