Russia's president only spent eight days at his Sochi residence in 2023, in contrast to an average of over 30 days annually before the Ukraine war.

Part of Vladimir Putin’s summer residence has been demolished with the Russian leader seemingly increasingly reluctant to visit the property on the Black Sea because of the dangers posed by Ukrainian drone attacks, it has been reported.

Independent Russian investigative outlet Proekt (Project) said satellite imagery shows that the main building of the Bocharov Ruchey property in Sochi had been demolished in February and March, leaving a pit and construction equipment in its place.

  • FuglyDuckEnglish
    33•9 months ago

    C’mon, Pooty-Boo. I thought you were a big, strong vigorous man? why are you afraid of getting near the front lines?

    Where’s the man who rode grizzly bareback? hmmm?

  • tired_n_boredEnglish
    28•9 months ago

    I can’t wait to see his body hung upside down by his own people

    • @foggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22•9 months ago

      If Russia has a French Renaissance and Putin is… Handled it would probably solve a fuck ton of world issues overnight.

      That once in a generation reminder that no matter how wealthy you get, there are more of us than there are of them.

  • @someguy3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17•9 months ago

    satellite imagery shows that the main building of the Bocharov Ruchey property in Sochi had been demolished in February and March, leaving a pit and construction equipment in its place.

    Completed in 1955, Bocharov Ruchey is in the Tsentralny district of Sochi, and has played host to visits by numerous world leaders.

    It is located around 160 miles south of what has been dubbed “Putin’s palace,” a $1 billion site which came to widespread public attention in 2021 in a film by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s Anti Corruption Foundation (FBK).

    • @RandAlThor@lemmy.caEnglish
      11•9 months ago

      It’s more like he doesn’t need it anymore since he’s got that new billion dollar palace now.

  • @sorval_the_eeter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1•9 months ago

    Cant the CIA finally just kill this arsehole? They kill everywhere else around the world, why not do it where its actually needed?