Putin’s ‘palace’ pocket change: How billions in leftover construction funds went to the Russian president’s rumored romantic partner 

The company that financed the construction of Vladimir Putin’s infamous Black Sea mansion ended the project with a 6.5-billion ruble surplus (approximately $84 million today). This “change” was transferred to Putin’s longtime rumored partner, Alina Kabaeva, according to a new investigation by the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).