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Donald Trump Shocked by Vladimir Putin’s Trillionaire Lifestyle
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00:00Step inside Vladimir Putin's exotic palace on the Black Sea and you're not entering a home,
00:04you're entering a modern-day Versailles. We're talking crystals, chandeliers worth millions of
00:09dollars, underground ice rinks, marble from Michelangelo's quarry and gold fixtures everywhere.
00:13Even Trump was marveled at first sight. So what does the palace really look like? Let me show you.
00:18The grand entrance and social spaces. Putin's palace sits on dramatic cliffs overlooking the
00:24Black Sea near Gelencik in Russia's Krasnodar Krai. The numbers alone are staggering. The
00:28property covers 74 hectares with 17,691 square meters of interior space. That's roughly 190,000
00:37square feet or about the size of three and a half football fields all under one roof. Your first
00:42glimpse comes at the entrance gates which feature double-headed eagle designs in 24 carat gold.
00:47The double-headed eagle has been Russia's symbol of power for centuries and these gates make one
00:52thing clear. What's behind them is unlike anything you've seen before. Once the gates open you walk
00:57into a grand entrance hall that covers 500 square meters. That's over 5,000 square feet just for
01:03people to enter. The space opens up to ceilings that rise 12 meters high, about 40 feet, which is
01:08basically four stories tall. The entrance doors themselves weigh several tons each and were
01:13handmade in Italian foundries. They're covered in carved scenes from Greek mythology with platinum
01:18and gold decorations pressed into the bronze. When you look up, the ceiling has paintings created
01:23by Italian artists over two years. The artwork shows gods and goddesses painted in deep blues
01:28made from crushed lapis lazuli stone from Afghanistan, bright reds, and real 24 carat gold. Here's the
01:34crazy part. Each painted section cost over $50,000 because the colors are made from ground-up
01:40precious stones. That blue color from crushed lapis was once more valuable than gold. The floor is
01:45Italian calacatta marble from Tuscany, arranged in a zigzag pattern. This marble has dramatic gray and
01:51white streaks running through it. What you can't see but can definitely feel is that the entire floor
01:55is heated from below by hot water pulled from underground springs over a kilometer down. The floor
02:00stays at a perfect 24 degrees Celsius all year. This marble floor alone cost $2 million. On both sides stand
02:07massive columns that rise 10 meters. Tall, each carved from a single piece of Carrara marble, the same
02:12marble Michelangelo used for his famous sculptures. The columns are covered in 23 layers of gold. The marble is
02:18so pure that it's slightly see-through, and when light hits it from behind, the columns actually
02:23glow. Along the walls, crystal light fixtures from the famous French company Baccarat hold over
02:285,000 hand-cut crystals each. Baccarat has been making luxury crystals since 1764. The fixtures are
02:34shaped like leaves and covered in mirror-bright gold that splits light into rainbows across the marble,
02:39but the real centerpiece hangs from the middle of the ceiling. This chandelier is 6 meters wide and weighs
02:441.5 tons. That's 20 feet across and as heavy as a car. It was built from 12 levels of Swarovski and
02:50Lalique crystals that cost $1.2 million. Golden arms branch out like tree limbs with teardrop-shaped
02:56crystals hanging down, and when air moves through the room they actually make soft ringing sounds.
03:01Steel beams hidden deep in the ceiling hold up all that weight. Right under the chandelier is a 100
03:06square meter floor design made by Byzantine craftsmen. The pattern uses blue lapis lazuli from Afghanistan,
03:11green malachite from the Urals, and brownish agate from Brazil arranged in circular designs. Each piece
03:17of stone was cut by hand to fit perfectly. This floor art cost $800,000. The walls are covered in
03:23Brazilian rosewood panels with mother-of-pearl shell pieces set into them at $10,000 per square meter.
03:28The wood comes from trees that were at least 200 years old. The panels are matched so perfectly that
03:33they look like mirror images of each other. Multiple coats of hand-rubbed oil give them a smooth,
03:38silky finish. Hidden in the lower walls are automatic systems with French diptyque scent
03:43machines that release smells of awowed wood and sandalwood. The system knows how many people are
03:47in the room and adjusts the scent strength. Spread across the marble are hand-knotted French carpets,
03:52each one measuring 10 by 15 meters and costing £87,000. They're woven from silk and wool in deep red and
03:59gold colors, with edges that have real gold thread. Master weavers worked almost two years on each
04:04carpet. This entrance area alone cost $15 million. Beyond all the decoration, there are hidden safe
04:11rooms behind fake wall panels lined with soft fabric and protected by bulletproof glass. There
04:16are also crystal vases on marble stands holding fresh orchids flown in. Every day from Hawaii, past
04:22the entrance, you move into the main reception hall which covers 1,000 square meters, about 10,000 square
04:28feet, bigger than most luxury houses. This one room cost $100 million to build. The ceiling curves in a
04:34barrel-shaped 20 meters wide with decorative squares. Italian craftsmen covered it in 24-carat
04:40gold leaf, so thin you can almost see through it, using over 50 kilograms of pure gold total. That's
04:45£110 of gold worth over $3 million just in raw material. The golden ceiling has carved laurel wreaths
04:52and phoenix birds. Built into the ceiling are Swarovski crystal panels that can project star patterns
04:58or northern lights effects during evening parties. The walls are dark macassar ebony wood from Indonesian
05:03rainforests at $15,000 per cubic meter, with mother-of-pearl shell designs created by Italian
05:09wood artists. Italian mirrors stand three meters tall in fancy gold frames at $200,000 each. These
05:16mirrors use an old technique with mercury backing that gives them a mysterious antique look. In the
05:21middle of the room, a massive marble staircase goes up three floors in a double spiral design. The steps are
05:28black and white Nero Markina marble covered in hand-woven purple silk from Lyon, France, with
05:3324-carat gold trim on the edges. Each step has Murano glass built into it with lights inside, making it look
05:40like you're walking on glowing jewels. The stair railings are hand-forged iron from Paris shaped like
05:45plant vines with gold torch designs on top. Each piece took weeks to make in a blacksmith's workshop.
05:50At one end stands a huge fireplace carved from Carrara marble with a five-meter-wide mantle. The mantle has
05:56agate stones and lapis lazuli arranged to show a phoenix bird rising from flames. Inside, a gas fireplace
06:03burns with Swarovski crystal fake coals, next to solid silver fireplace tools decorated with gold
06:09eagles at $300,000 for the set. Throughout the room, a Bose sound system with 24 speakers is hidden in
06:15the golden ceiling trim, giving concert hall quality sound. More lighting comes from Baccarat crystal
06:21fixtures on the walls, each one holding 2,000 individual crystals. Off to the side, you'll find
06:26coat room and bathroom areas, each covering 200 square meters. The coat room has Lebanese
06:31cedar wood panels at $20,000 each that smell naturally aromatic. Storage features soft velvet-lined
06:37closets with doors made from hand-stitched calfskin from Hermès, mounted on gold-plated hinges.
06:43The bathrooms have heated Italian marble counters kept at 37 degrees Celsius with sinks carved from
06:48Pakistani onyx stone. Above them hang Swarovski crystal-covered mirrors that stand 4 meters tall
06:55at $150,000 each, with LED lights that switch from bright daylight to soft golden glow. Wall
07:01shelves hold perfume bottles from Creed and Amouage in crystal containers filled with custom
07:06scent blends. Heated towel racks, made from 24-karat gold, hold Egyptian cotton towels from
07:11fret with gold thread initials. Beyond these areas is the main living room, an 800 square meter space that
07:17cost $80 million. The furniture includes huge 10-person sofas built on aluminum frames and covered in Italian
07:23velvet. The velvet is dyed in deep red and gold colors with real 22-karat gold thread, woven into
07:29it at $30,000 per meter. Cushions are filled with down feathers from Siberian ducks, with pillows covered
07:35in Mongolian cashmere. Between the sofas sit coffee tables made from fossilized wood, dug up from Arizona
07:41at $25,000 per piece. The ancient wood pieces are topped with smoky glass, featuring 24-karat gold patterns,
07:48hand carved by Italian craftsmen. The walls show silk panels from Scalamandre, each 4 meters high at
07:54$15,000, featuring embroidered country scenes made with silk thread and real gold wire. Set into wall
08:00spaces are bronze statues of Greek philosophers made in ancient Rome at $100,000 each, sitting on green
08:07marble stands. Another fireplace takes up one wall, carved from Italian statuario marble at $40,000 per
08:14tonne, with a mantle showing the wine god Bacchus and his followers. The fire runs on gas with Swarovski
08:19crystal fake coals, next to gold-plated bronze fireplace tools weighing 200 kilograms each at $250,000 for the
08:27pair. Covering the floor are French carpets measuring 20 by 15 meters at 87,000 pounds each, woven from New
08:34Zealand wool and Chinese silk with vine and harp patterns, finished with gold cord edges. But if
08:39you think these entrance and social spaces are impressive, wait until you see where the real
08:44entertainment happens. Private theatres with better technology than most cinemas, gaming rooms that
08:49would make Vegas jealous, and dining facilities that put Michelin star restaurants to shame.
08:54Entertainment and dining. From the living room you enter the entertainment wing, which covers
08:582,500 square meters and cost $200 million. Rooms connect through arched doorways, with gold frames
09:05and automatic walnut wood doors that open silently. Throughout these spaces, Maya sound systems are
09:10hidden in the walls, connected to a music library with 10,000 hours of songs. Temperature control keeps
09:15everything at 22 degrees Celsius, while releasing scents of expensive cognac and fresh flowers. The private
09:21theatre takes up 600 square meters and cost $40 million. When you walk in, the stage is 15 meters wide,
09:28with red velvet curtains handmade in Lyon, France from silk at $20,000 per panel. The curtains open
09:34automatically to show professional theatre equipment. The room seats 200 people in custom leather chairs
09:40from Italian workshops. Each chair has heated cushions that smell like lavender, and touch screens with gold
09:45edges built into the armrests. The screens show subtitles in 12 languages and control systems that tilt your
09:52seat back to 160 degrees. The walls have lower sections of carved German black forest walnut with black
09:58ebony designs at $12,000 per square meter, with upper sections of padded silk and wool that soak up
10:04sound. Above, the ceiling has gold decorated plaster with crystal chandeliers, 3-meter waterfalls of 3,000
10:10hand-cut crystals each. Behind the scenes, the projection room has 8K laser projectors with 50,000 lumens,
10:17showing movies on a 20 by 10-meter screen. The sound system is Dolby Atmos with 64 speakers. Next to the
10:24theatre are the gaming and music rooms, two 400 square meter spaces that cost $30 million together.
10:30When you walk into the gaming room, a professional billiard table from London with African mahogany wood
10:35and holly and ebony inlays sits in the centre. The table is 5 by 10 feet, with a slate surface precise to
10:411 1,000th of an inch, covered in special wool cloth at $25,000. Around the edges, card tables are made from dark
10:48ebony wood with green cloth tops and shell borders, each seating 8 in Italian leather chairs with heated
10:53seats and spinning bases at $10,000 per chair. Through a connecting door, the music room has a
10:59Steinway concert grand piano in polished black from Hamburg at $150,000. On the walls, over 5,000
11:06vinyl records from famous jazz and classical labels sit in temperature-controlled glass cases. In one corner
11:12sits a hookah lounge area, with Moroccan leather couches in yellow-orange tones and silver hookah pipes from
11:17Damascus at $8,000 each. When you move into the dining area, the facilities cover 1,800 square
11:24metres and cost $150 million. The formal dining hall is 700 square metres with $60 million spent on it.
11:31In the centre sits a dining table made from solid Turkish walnut wood from ancient trees near Ephesus
11:38at $50,000 per piece. The table stretches 12 metres long and seats 24 people. Around the table, chairs are
11:44made from Central American mahogany wood with red velvet fabric. Seats are heated to 37 degrees
11:49Celsius with armrests covered in 24 carat gold at $200,000 per set. The walls show French tapestries
11:56at $300,000 each, standing 5 metres high and showing historical feast scenes from Cleopatra to Russian
12:03Tsar Peter the Great. Hanging above the table is an Italian Murano glass chandelier, a 4-metre ball made
12:10from 8,000 fused glass pieces that shimmer like rainbows, weighing 800 kilograms at $500,000. Above,
12:17the ceiling has 24 sections hand covered in 23 carat gold by Italian craftsmen using 40 kilograms of gold.
12:25Along the walls, French polished mahogany cabinets with wood pattern designs cost $150,000 each. They hold
12:32antique silver serving trays from Tiffany & Co. from the 1890s. Two foot wide platters in sterling silver and
12:39gold showing French limoges porcelain from Havilland at $2,000 per place setting. On the floor,
12:45a hand knotted Turkish carpet measures 40 by 20 metres at $250,000 with silk threads dyed in yellow
12:52and blue. Behind the dining hall, the kitchen and prep areas cover 600 square metres with $50 million
12:58spent. When you enter, multiple professional Viking stoves with 10 burners each have custom copper
13:03finishes made by French coppersmiths. In the middle, marble work islands stretch 5 metres,
13:08made from black and white Spanish marble at $30,000 per piece. Some areas are chilled to 15 degrees
13:14Celsius for making pastries while heated areas melt chocolate. Branching off, storage rooms cover
13:1950 square metres each with automatic tracking systems and LED lit shelves holding 10,000 jars of aged Italian
13:26balsamic vinegar. Special rooms include a meat ageing chamber with Himalayan pink salt walls from Pakistani
13:32mines and a fish smoking room with wood chips from Baltic forests. Going down from the kitchen, the wine cellar
13:37is a 500 square metre underground room carved from solid rock at $40 million. You get there by a
13:44walnut wood elevator with crystal mirror panels. When you arrive, it holds 3,000 bottles in French
13:49oak cabinets, custom made by Coopers from Limousin. Forests with wood dried for seven years. The collection
13:55includes bottles from famous French vineyards from 1945, kept at exactly 12 degrees Celsius and 70% humidity.
14:02In the tasting room, a central table made from 17th century shipwood from the Azores has pewter metal
14:08lines showing Bordeaux wine regions at $100,000. It seats 12 in ladder back chairs covered in soft kid
14:15leather. On the walls, crystal wine decanters from Riedel, hand-blown in Austria from lead crystal,
14:20sit on a shelf ready to pour sweet wines from Chateau de Chem from 1811. Next to the tasting room,
14:25a cigar room with Spanish cedarwood walls holds 500 Cohiba cigars rolled in Connecticut tobacco leaves.
14:31They're cut with crystal cutters and lit with gold butane lighters at thousands of dollars each.
14:36After all this entertainment and dining luxury, you might think you've seen everything,
14:40but the most private areas of the palace are still waiting, where bedrooms rival five-star hotels and
14:45wellness facilities include everything from Olympic-sized pools to full-size ice rinks,
14:50private luxury and wellness paradise. Going up from the public areas, a private elevator with
14:56mirrored crystal panels rises to the private bedroom areas. Wontan 200 square meters dedicated
15:01to sleeping and resting that cost $120 million. When you arrive, these areas are accessible only
15:08through eye scanners and voice commands built into the walls. The rooms spread across two floors
15:13connected by a spiral staircase of white Carrara marble with black onyx designs. Throughout,
15:19the air constantly smells like lavender from French fields, kept at exactly 21 degrees Celsius. The
15:24master bedroom covers 260 square meters and cost $30 million. In the middle sits a four-poster bed with
15:32carved Indian rosewood from Kerala, with the frame alone costing $100,000. Posts spiral three meters high
15:39with silk curtains from French looms hanging down. Under the canopy, the mattress has 2,000 individual springs
15:45from Swedish craftsmen Hastens layered with horsehair and Egyptian cotton. Everything is wrapped in 600
15:51thread Egyptian cotton sheets from Italian company Fret with platinum thread initials. The walls are
15:56covered in bird's eye maple wood from Canada at $20,000 per sheet with 24 carat gold borders handmade
16:03in Moscow. In one corner, a sitting area has bent rosewood lounge chairs with Mongolian cashmere pillows
16:09in purple blue at $15,000 each, against one wall, a fireplace made from. Italian marble from Verona has
16:15a two-meter wide opening, with Madagascar agate stones showing phoenix feathers. The fire runs on
16:21alcohol fuel sitting in purple amethyst crystal rocks. Through a doorway, walk-in closets cover 100
16:26square meters with automatic hanging racks. Each brass rod holds 500 custom suits from Italian tailor
16:32ketone made in Naples. In the center, a heated marble island and a crocodile skin jewelry cabinet
16:38from Hermes with soft compartments for designer jewelry complete the space. In the attached bathroom,
16:43counters made from Yemen onyx stone, heated to 38 degrees Celsius, have hand-hammered copper sinks
16:49from Turkish craftsmen with gold edges. On the counters sit luxury face creams from La Prairie with
16:54caviar in platinum containers. Spreading from the master bedroom are over 12 guest bedrooms,
16:59each bigger than 100 square meters, and together costing $60 million. When you enter each room,
17:05a king-sized bed made from French Versailles oak wood with velvet headboards from Milan at $12,000
17:10fills the space. The beds have 700 thread sheets from Italian company Pratesi. Next to each bed,
17:15tables made from blue lapis lazuli stone from Afghanistan, polished by German craftsmen at $8,000 each,
17:22hold hand-blown Italian glass lamps in amber and blue. In each bathroom, German showerheads plated in
17:2724-carat gold are built into white marble from Greek islands. At the sinks, heated golden marble
17:33from Sardinia and white onyx sinks from Pakistan carved like lily pads finish the design. Connected
17:39to each bedroom, dressing rooms cover 50 square meters each and cost $30 million total. In these
17:44spaces, three full-length mirrors of three-meter glass with special silver coating in gold frames
17:49cost $20,000 each. At the counters, heated Italian marble at 39 degrees Celsius is topped with handmade
17:56Italian porcelain sinks. On the walls, built-in jewellery safes disguised as wood cabinets with
18:01soft compartments are protected by Kevlar armor at $50,000 each. Going down from the bedroom floors
18:07through a doorway with hand-stitched Hermes leather panels, down a spiral staircase of polished black onyx,
18:12you reach the wellness and leisure areas, 1,500 square meters costing $140 million. When you arrive,
18:19the indoor pool room is an 800 square meter cave carved from solid rock at $50 million. The pool
18:24measures 25 by 15 meters, with water heated to 32 degrees Celsius. On the walls and floor,
18:30designs from Italian company, Saisis feature 2 million Venetian glass pieces in blue, green and purple,
18:36hand-placed over three years at $1.5 million per wall. Around the edges, waterfall walls feature
18:425-meter sheets of white Carrara marble from Michelangelo's quarry, fed by 50 hidden German
18:47water jets in 24-karat gold. Around the pool, six pavilions made from Burmese teak wood at $20,000
18:54each hold daybeds with cushions and 900-gram Egyptian cotton Turkish towels. Next to the pool,
19:00spa and steam room areas cover 400 square meters at $40 million. When you enter the Turkish steam bath,
19:06rooms are covered in white marble from Greek islands at $25,000 per tonne,
19:11heated to 50 degrees Celsius through underfloor heating. Inside, benches are shaped black onyx
19:16stone from Pakistan, warmed to 45 degrees at $15,000 per seat. Nearby, saunas have aromatic
19:23Lebanese cedar wood from Bakar Valley at $18,000 per cubic meter, heated to 80 degrees Celsius by
19:29finished stoves burning birchwood logs. In separate rooms, massage areas have heated Iranian onyx tables
19:35at 38 degrees Celsius, covered in Italian suede fabric. Further along, the gym and ice rink areas
19:41cover 300 square meters at $50 million. When you enter the private gym, mirrored walls of polished
19:47silver with gold trim rise over bamboo wood flooring at $12,000 per room. Throughout the space,
19:53Italian techno gym treadmills in carbon fiber with virtual reality screens showing Himalayan mountain
19:58trails in 8K cost $20,000 each. Along the walls, weights range from 2 to 50 kilograms, covered in
20:05rubber with gold decorated handles. Beyond the gym, the underground ice rink covers 3,000 square meters.
20:11On the ice, the surface is machine polished with 4 cm thick ice from purified water frozen at 5 degrees
20:17Celsius. Around the rink, 50 benches covered in Icelandic sheep fur with heated walnut wood armrests
20:23provide seating at $5,000 per row. Walking through these final spaces completes the picture of what's
20:29been built here. This 74-hectare property with 17,691 square meters of interior space isn't just
20:37about showing off wealth, it's a completely self-contained world. Behind those gold eagle
20:42gates at the entrance lies a universe where marble from Michelangelo's own quarries covers the floors,
20:47where crystal chandeliers weighing as much as cars hang from golden ceilings, where wine sellers hold
20:52bottles worth more than houses, and where bedrooms make five-star hotels look ordinary. This is what
20:58happens when money is truly no object, a modern palace on the Black Sea that makes Versailles look
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