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What is the heritage of
Lyudmila
, the ex-wife of
Vladimir Putin
?
Like all relatives of
Vladimir Putin
, the ex-wife of the Russian president, 64, tries to avoid leaks about her private life.
Even
Artur Ocheretny
, her husband 20 years her junior and whom she married in 2015 after 30 years of marriage to Putin whom she divorced in 2013, has not drawn much attention so far.
However, a long Twitter thread by
Maria Pevchikh
, head of the
Navalny Foundation
's investigative unit , has uncovered the love story financed by
Putin
to find a husband for his ex-wife, which exposes the corruption of the
Kremlin
.
Maria Pevchikh
reveals the discoveries of the
Nalvany Foundation
around
Lyudmila
and her 'love story':
two apartments in Marbella
, valued at 2.2 million euros;
a flat in Switzerland
, in Davos, worth 3.7 million euros;
and
a villa on the French Atlantic coast at Anglet, near Biarritz
, surrounded by a 5,000 square meter park, valued at €5.3 million.
How has
Lyudmila managed
to get around the sanctions imposed by the West for the war in Ukraine?
Lyudmila
registered all her assets in the name of her new husband.
As Pevchikh
explains ,
"In the old days, it was common for the bride's parents to arrange a dowry: something valuable, such as money, expensive cloth, or jewelry to 'increase the value of the bride.'
And Putin took care of that.
"He literally has provided a multimillion-dollar dowry for his ex-wife," says the researcher.
Putin appointed
Lyudmila
director of the NGO
Center for the Development of Interpersonal Communications
(
CDIC
), until in 2010, three years before the
Putin-Lyudmila
marriage ended , her current husband
Artur Ocheretny
took over .
Lyudmila
and
Putin
's 'love'
ended in 2013. Putin announced the end of the marriage in a state television broadcast while the two attended a ballet performance together.
Navalny
's anti-corruption investigators also revealed
Lyudmila
and
Ocheretny
's high-flying lives of
Russian oligarchs.
Putin's ex-wife and her husband.@pevchikh
"
Artur Ocheretny
and
Lyudmila Putina
(now officially Lyudmila Ocheretnaya) have no money of their own. Everything they own has been stolen by Vladimir Putin like a
reverse Robin Hood
: Putin steals from the poor to give to the rich." says
Pevchikh
.
Navalny
's team's investigation
also found several luxury apartments located in Europe, whose ownership the FBK has been able to ascertain belongs to the
Otsheretnys
.
According to research by the
Navalny
Foundation , the funds to acquire the apartments came from Putin or his oligarch friends, and the money ultimately came from the pockets of Russian taxpayers.
The couple are also avid travelers.
Both were frequently seen in France, while
Artur
participated in several Ironman triathlon competitions that are held throughout Europe.
The
Center for the Development of
Interpersonal Communication additionally allegedly pays the fees to his personal sports trainer Ivan Tsheprasov
.
Navalny
's investigative team
found evidence that at least 6 million rubles, which is about
100,000 euros
, had gone to the media center's accounts for coaches' fees.
"We urge the governments of
France, Switzerland and Spain
to put the Ochertny family on their sanctions lists immediately, freeze the properties they own and investigate the origin of their funds," Pevchikh tweeted.
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