28 August 2012

RUSSIA : Putin Likes the Presidency's Plush Life...Especially Pricey Watches.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/28/us-russia-putin-perks-idUSBRE87R0D220120828

      A new online report claims that President Putin has 11 timepieces....worth $633,000/504,000 euros.
     That's just for starters.
     For a guy who often likes to recount his humble beginnings...the former insider reports that Putin has 58 planes at his disposal...including one with gold plated fittings.
    Plus 20 estates and palaces to visit....and 4 yachts to cruise about on.
    The new report...titled: 'The Life of a Galley Slave'...comes from former deputy PM Boris Nemtsov.
    A casual observer has to ask...what's with all the bling, Vlad?
    Especially...since this newsblog's editor doesn't even own one timepiece.