It was ‘the FSB leadership’s fault that they didn’t keep a secret that was more serious than a state secret’, the report claimed. ‘Putin was furious. This was not too far from having a heart attack or a stroke.’ Earlier this week, the Proekt independent media group released an investigation claiming Putin and Kabaeva lived with their children at a secret palace in Valdai, surrounded by a VIP settlement and where they are guarded by the elite FSO security service. It also published photos of the lavish interior of the sumptuous lakeside residence between Moscow and St Petersburg, and claimed that Putin used a Cypriot company as a front to fund their ‘royal’ lifestyles.
