than the man forbes says is the world s wealthiest, bill gates. all these accusations about billions and billions of dollars of his fortune, this is not true. don t believe in them. he s got nothing. he s got what he writes in his personal financial declaration every year. putin s most recent financial declaration says that he personally owns less than half an ache eare of land, a roughly square foot apartment and a 200 square foot the garage in which maybe he puts the vehicle listed in that document, a vintage russian sedan, a 4x4 and a trailer hike th trailer like this one. the document does not say how much putin has in the bank or in investments. adam zubin talked to the bbc.