New proof has emerged that Vladimir Putin owns a spectacular £1 billion clifftop Black Sea palace. Compared to the lair of a James Bond villain, it includes a throne for the dictator, and earlier featured a striptease stage and pole-dancing hookah hall. The Kremlin has denied the lavish residence belongs to Putin yet now an investigation by French newspaper Le Monde shows that the Russian dictator’s bodyguards are frequently in the vicinity. This is based on data from the Strava exercise app