During a state visit to Israel that year, Putin reunited with a Russian woman who had been one of his high school teachers in St. Petersburg, then called Leningrad. After a brief get-together, he began sending her small gifts and then, she said, arranged to buy a $208,000 apartment for her.
Feel-good story trumpeted Putin s donation to elderly teacher A prominent Russian billionaire actually paid icij.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from icij.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Records show that an offshore account controlled by Roman Abramovich paid for an apartment for Vladimir Putin’s former teacher, upending a myth about the Russian president.
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