Is this Vladimir Putin’s Xanadu?Â
High on the hills overlooking the Black Sea stands a palace fit for a tsar.
Ornate grounds surround the regal building, which nestles on a quiet, tucked-away stretch of coast. The hideaway’s calm is only occasionally punctuated by the hum of helicopter blades, when a rather famous guest arrives. Vladimir Putin, the newly elected Russian president, has been seen at the palace several times, causing much s… (View original article)