Where is Vladimir Putin?

RUSSIA’S despotic leader keeps his daily whereabouts under wraps. But the locations of President Vladimir Putin’s homes have leaked along with details of his unusual daily routine. APVladimir Putin meets with St. Petersburg governor Alexander Beglov on March 1, 2022.[/caption] Where is Vladimir Putin? Putin is notoriously private when it comes to his daily whereabouts. Russian media placed him in a meeting with one of his governors on March 1, 2022. Twitter users thought he looked “ashen and bloated.” He occupies a mix of official residences and associates’ dwellings when not on duty at the Kremlin. Putin is known to have eight official homes. It’s said the building of Putin’s Palace constituted one of history’s biggest bribes. One, an impregnable fortress dubbed “Putin’s Palace,” is in Sochi. It rests on the rocky hills of the Black Sea and allegedly cost £1 billion to build. Most read in Dear Deidre DEAR DEIDRE My ex-fiancée dumped me - but now I've got a new girlfriend, she wants me back JAILBREAK-UP Am I a mug to stand by my boyfriend while he's in prison? CELI-BAE I've been with my boyfriend for three years but he still won't have sex with me LONELY TRUTH I divorced my wife and came out as gay but now I'm lonely ABORTION AFTERMATH I made my girlfriend have an abortion and now I think she hates me DEIDRE'S STORIES Liam's clueless that girlfriend Zoe's been cheating He also has a 19th-century mansion outside Moscow. He prefers working there over the Kremlin, finding Moscow too busy. He’s reported to own a villa in the South of France and a flat in Monaco but European sanctions against Russia guarantee he won’t be making use of those lush pads. Read our Russia – Ukraine live blog for the very latest updates Some have speculated Putin pal Roman Abramovich’s bullet-proof, submarine-equipped super-yacht would make a handy hideaway. Wherever Putin is, his unique daily routine will be keeping him busy. The Independent’s Ben Judah uncovered it while researching his book on the dictator. It includes a near-noon wakeup time, hours of swimming and endless press briefings. Putin’s family life is mired in mystery. He has at least two daughters, Maria and Katerina, with his ex-wife Lyudmila Shkrebneva. He divorced Shkrebneva in 2013. There is speculation that he has other children who’ve been shielded from public view. putin latest VLAD'S PADS Vladimir Putin's possible whereabouts - from 'Putin's Palace' to pal's yacht TREACHERY Live updates as desperate Putin plots martial law in RUSSIA as rebellion grows BLOODY MURDER Distraught dad weeps over body of son killed in Putin’s ‘genocidal’ bombing EX MARKS THE YACHT Inside Putin crony's seized superyacht he renamed after ‘wife ran off’ STAR WARS Russia warns hacking satellites would be 'act of WAR' UNDER A ROCK The only six people in the world who DON'T know about the Ukraine war One alleged former girlfriend, Alina Kabaeva, has not been seen since rumours spread that she’d given birth to twins by Putin in April 2020. Is there a bounty out for Vladimir Putin? Putin has been public enemy number one since he sent troops into Ukraine unprovoked on February 24, 2022. Now, a wealthy Russian national has put a $1million (£745,000) bounty on his head. Alex Konanykhin, a Russian businessman living in California, posted the offer on Facebook. “I promise to pay $1,000,000 to the officer(s) who, complying with their constitutional duty, arrest(s) Putin as a war criminal under Russian and international laws,” he wrote. Khonanykhin sought refuge in the US in 1999 after being charged with financial crimes in Russia, which were later dropped. He’s grown his fortune and even nabbed a spot on the “Dragons’ Den”-esque “Unicorn Hunters.” “As an ethnic Russian and a Russia citizen, I see it as my moral duty to facilitate the denazification of Russia,” he wrote in his Facebook post. All you need to know about Russia's invasion of Ukraine Everything you need to know about Russia's invasion of Ukraine... Why is Russia invading Ukraine? Will the UK go to war? How can I join the Ukraine foreign legion? What can I do to help Ukraine? Who is Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy? How much gas does the UK get from Russia? Is Russia a part of Nato? Does Russia have nuclear weapons? Why is Ukraine not in Nato? How big is the Russian army? What is Article 5 of the Nato treaty? What is the Minsk agreement? Which countries were in the Soviet Union?