PARANOID Vladimir Putin is sealing off a swathe of a major Russian resort to build a new high-security seaside palace.
The Russian tyrant, 73, is rebuilding a Stalin residence in Sochi, fitted with bunkers and a huge lockdown zone, according to leaked security plans.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin is running scared after a Ukrainian drone strike near his homeCredit: AFP
Putin’s Bocharov Ruchey construction site after the residence was demolished in 2024Credit: East2West
Putin’s new Black Sea palace rises at record pace, as satellite images taken on 5 September 2025 reveal fortified Bocharov Ruchey with bunker-like underground structuresCredit: East2West
His former residence, Bocharov Ruchey, was bulldozed to make way for the grand palace amid reports the Kremlin incumbent was too frightened to use the property.
Putin is running scared after a Ukrainian drone threat at the austere Black Sea palace, reported independent media outlet Proekt.
“A Putin acquaintance confirmed to Proekt that the president is truly afraid to fly south”, the report said.
Security plans have exposed a 1.2 square mile lockdown zone in the bustling resort of Sochi, according to Agentsvo media.
Anything resembling weapons are banned to protect the cowering tyrant.
This includes drones, shooting clubs, paintball venues and cesspits, according to demands by the Federal Protective Service [FSO], which guards Putin.
Helicopter landing pads, car or motorbike repair premises, livestock, landfills, or banner displays are also outlawed.
Curbs are imposed in the shore near the new palace while fishing and leisure boats are forbidden in nearby waters.
No other Soviet or Russian leader has needed such protection.
Putin shares his multiple palaces with his lover Alina Kabaeva, 42, a former Olympic gymnast, and their sons Ivan, 11, and Vladimir, six, whose existence have not been revealed to ordinary Russians.
Putin also owns a secret £1billion clifftop retreat to the northwest in Gelendzhik.
His palaces typically include lavish spas and hospital facilities, as well as multiple underground levels, and luxury bunkers.
They are protected by Russia’s leading air defence systems.
In 2013, Putin used Bocharov Ruchey to host then UK premier David Cameron for talks.
Stalin died before he could use the now-bulldozed palace, and its construction was completed by his successor as Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev.
Putin is becoming increasingly insecure as his war in Ukraine rages on into its fifth year.
It is imminent.
An internet blackout sweeping Russia has allegedly targetted suspected of conniving in an .
Unconfirmed reports of a power-challenge by most senior security council official, Sergei Shoigu, may be behind the crackdown.
The theory was aired by channel VChK-OGPU which has links to the secret services.
Shoigu, 70, was fired in May 2024 as defence minister in charge and installed as secretary of the Kremlin’s security council.
Once Putin’s close ally, the pairs relations have become strained after a succession of Shoigu’s allies were purged including ex-deputy defence minister Ruslan Tsalikov, 69.
VChK-OGPU cited a source saying the restrictions “suspiciously coincided” with the launch of an investigation into “the closest people to Shoigu and himself”.
Adding: “The attempt to send Tsalikov, the ex-Minister of Defence’s closest friend and associate, to Lefortovo [prison] was accompanied by some kind of insane struggle at the top.
“The next one after Tsalikov could only be Shoigu himself.”
Putin’s Bocharov Ruchey residence pictured in 2023Credit: East2West
Russian president Vladimir Putin meets UK Prime Minister David Cameron at Bocharov Ruchey in Sochi on 11 May 2013Credit: East2West
Vladimir Putin with lover Alina Kabaeva at a gymnastic festival in 2001 in RussiaCredit: East2West
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