Putin's Palace: History of World's Largest Bribe
Jan 19 2021
•2h 53m
•Documentary
After surviving poisoning by a Novichok nerve agent, Alexey Navalny made his most important film. Putin's Palace: History of World's Largest Bribe is about the palace near Gelendzhik that presumably belongs to Russian President Vladimir Putin. It also shows vineyards, corruption schemes and more.
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Alexei Navalny
Self
Georgy Alburov
Self
Vyacheslav Gimadi
Self
Alina Kabaeva
Self (archive footage)
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