Revealed: Inside President Putin’s gold-plated concert hall
mainAlexei Navalny’s video exposé of Vladimir Putin’s private palace reveals a lavish concert hall.
With a stage too small to accommodate more than a dozen musicians
The video has been watched by more than 40 million people. Navalny, who is in jail, has called Putin a ‘crazed emperor’.
Take your seats.
“Concert Hall Designed by Donald J. Trump”
Palace designed by Trump. And we wondered why Trump was gaga about Putin. Putin is what Trump wanted to be!
Very true. Unfortunately for Trump, he was never smart or disciplined enough to achieve this goal.
Looks Beautiful. Programs? Dress code? Tickets?
You can get tickets directly from the FSB.
(But I would think twice before entering their limousine….)
Avoid the boxer shorts in the gift shop.
Putin will be shirtless. Other than, that no dress code.
It’s about the size the Metropolitan Opera auditorium ought to be.
Trump will seek asylum in Russia after his conviction for incitement to insurrection, tax fraud, election fraud, rape, among the less serious charges against him.
We can always hope…
A lot of Trumptards in the room ………it’s over.
I’m at the 50-minute mark of the video, and it is stunning. Kudos to Navalny for his courage challenging the monster. I hope I’m wrong, but it’s difficult to imagine how Navalny remains alive. Putin will kill him one way or another. I’m sure Putin believes that while some people will agitate once that happens, it will all blow over sooner rather than later and things will go back to business as usual before not long. Let’s hope this is NOT how it plays out. Navalny is one very courageous man.
Finally, a world leader that appreciates arts and culture! 😉
Mr Putin indeed appreciaets arts and music. Thats why Russian theatres gets much Government support unlike US theaters.
If that’s the trade-off, I pass. Thanks.
Would you prefer to listen to Jennifer Lopez at an inauguration? High culture, indeed.
Hey, face-nappy guy: butt out.
Maybe Volodya’s beloved ‘USSR’ label should be revived for the Putin kleptokracy:
Union of Shamelessly Stealing Reprobates.
If you believe this, explain why Navalny is still alive?
Probably only because the wannabe emperor has not yet found a sure way of eliminating his most visible enemy in a manner that would make that deed not traceable to the source.
This stunning documentary would have been the number one news story in the world had it not been released on the day of a US inauguration. I watched it all, and it is truly incredible. I don’t know much about Navalny, but his telephone sting of his would-be assassins a few weeks ago, followed by this detailed, well-researched, impeccably tabulated humiliation of Putin suggest to me he has a massive set of testicles. A pity the Russian oligarchy generally has been so enabled by western institutions and governments. I always wonder if any Chelsea FC player has ever asked himself where his salary comes from? While we’re on the subject of autocrats, could I please recommend this extraordinary film by Brian Fogel (director of Academy Award winning “Icarus”), “The Dissident”. It is another stunning research-and-reveal piece about the death of Jamal Kashoggi. Even though Brian won his Oscar with Netflix, they refused to touch this movie, so deep are they in the pockets of the Saudis. That, in itself, is worth another film. It’s available on numerous VOD platforms.
https://thedissident.com
A serf theatre – just to keep up with the tradition of private theatres owned by Russian aristocrats in the time of serfdom. Yet, I was surprised there’s no throne room in the palace.
Er, pretty much every opera house save Paris and Dresden until a certain point in history.
Apparently those who consider this decorated hall to be an outlandish and outrageous perk exclusively for the use of Putin have never seen a Moscow metro station.
You are right. Moscow subway looks like a museum. It is definitly the most beautifull subway in the World.
The best and “most beautiful” things in Russia have been underground for over a century now.
Enough room for Comrade Gergiev and his toothpick.
The theater is shown at 1:00:30 (one hour, thirty seconds), for those interested in going right to it.
Wow lots of gold and bling bling. Did he hire Drump’s interior designer?
No one should be surprised by the contents of this film. I recommend “Galina”, the biography of Galina Vishnevskaya as a bit of “light” reading! Putin is just following in his predecessors footsteps.
Trump’s new gig: popcorn concession attendant. Wage? Endless streaming video. (Get it!?)
The Valery Gergiev Auditorium
Vladimir Putin: Russian palace in Navalny video “doesn’t belong to me”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KVu_p7Xfl0
So glad we finally got to the bottom of this.