Vladimir Putin gives rare glimpse inside his gilded Kremlin apartment

Vladimir Putin has finally given us a tour around his Kremlin crib after only being seen by his inner circle.

The Russian president has taken Russian journalist Zarubin around for a glimpse in his plush apartment, revealing what is inside.

Speaking to the camera, Putin invites his new guest in before gilded walls, large gold-framed mirrors, gold chandeliers and exotic-looking plants come into view.

He said: ‘Yes, this is the apartment. As you can see it’s not far away [from the Kremlin].’

A portrait of Russian Emperor Alexander III is also placed prominently on a table.

A white grand piano is sat by the window, which the Kremlin leader sadly admitted he rarely gets time to play.

Putin has given viewers a sneak glimpse into his apartment by the Kremlin (Picture: Telegram) The Russian president has taken Russian journalist Zarubin around for a glimpse in his plush apartment (Picture: Telegram) Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) seen during their talks at the Grand Kremlin Palace (Picture: Contributor/Getty Images)

The apartment also includes a wood-lined library, two bedrooms, and even a small ‘home church’.

Formal negotiations with China’s Xi Jinping took place in the apartment.

Putin said after the talks in March 2023: ‘We had a working lunch, and then I invited the chairman, as a friend, to move to another room.

‘I have an apartment here [in the Kremlin], where I have been spending a lot of time lately, I work here and spend the night very often, so we moved there and, sitting by the fireplace and drinking tea, talked about everything slowly.’

So far only small extracts of the interview has been released, with the longer version due to be released on Sunday (Picture: Telegram) Russian President Vladimir Putin in his office inside the Kremlin (Picture: kremlin.ru)

So far only small extracts of the interview has been released, with the longer version due to be released on Sunday.

It comes as millions of Russians are suffering, with British Intelligence claiming the country has suffered the largest loss of troops in Ukraine since World War Two, standing at around 250,000.

Despite this, Putin has undertaken a number of architectural projects inside his many homes.

Last year leaked footage revealed he revamped his clifftop palace worth £1 billion, getting rid of his pole-dancing boudoir and replacing it with a church with a throne.

View of Vladimir Putin’s palace in Gelendzhik, south of Russia(Picture: Navalny/e2w)

He also got rid of the gold ornaments and decorations, and instead furnished the place with religious icons and images.

One depicts canonised Prince Vladimir the Great, who more than one thousand years ago was credited with uniting Ukraine and Russia.

Paintings of historical war scenes have appeared showing a heroic Russia.

One includes part of a prominent Kremlin painting called ‘Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword!’

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