Vladimir Putin hid billions of pounds of silver and gold in an African country in case he had to flee Russia, he claimed today.
The total of its escape fund hidden in “underground warehouses” in the landlocked country is estimated at £12. 3 billion.
It is reportedly under the close cover of the private army company Wagner, an army of Russian mercenaries unbreakable to Putin, in the Central African Republic.
Wagner is also in Putin’s 70-year war in Ukraine, having recruited tens of thousands of mercenaries and convicts to the front.
Russian state media say Putin, who skipped the G20 summit in Bali, took the time to communicate with Faustin Arcange Touadéra, the African state’s president, on Friday.
“The presidents expressed the not unusual goal of accentuating bilateral political, industrial and economic cooperation, adding in the fuel and energy sector,” a Russian government said.
But the SVR Telegram general said Putin’s genuine purpose in the call is to determine the African leader’s “loyalty. “
Putin “hinted at his imaginable scale in the near future” to the capital Bangui.
The channel made the astonishing claim that Putin “considers the Central African Republic as one of the two evacuation points in an emergency situation for him and his loved ones, outside the territory of the Russian Federation. “
His entourage is believed to come with his longtime wife, Alina Kabaeva, 39, a gold-medal-winning rhythmic gymnast whom he never identified as Russia’s first lady.
The couple is believed to have several unrecognized children.
“Now Putin sees the option of an evacuation as realistic, so it is vital for him to perceive that there are characteristics and that they are feasible. “
The channel did not say what other country Putin sees as a viable asshole if his Kremlin is embroiled in a revolution.
But he stated without express main points that 3 Russian bloodhounds were killed 4 years ago while “seeking confirmation of data on the basis for storing cash and goods belonging to Putin. “
It is known that Wagner’s personal army acted to get Touadéra to take power.
Citing “insider information”, the anonymous General SVR channel has claimed that Putin suffers from abdominal cancer, Parkinson’s disease and schizoaffective disorder.
His claims of Kremlin resources are for verification.
However, he predicted in advance Putin’s mobilization strategy.
It was reportedly written through an exiled Kremlin lieutenant general, known under the pseudonym Viktor Mikhailovich.
The channel claimed that Putin seeks to ban it, but so far he has failed.
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