Vladimir Putin cultivates the image of a man who enjoys simple pursuits such as fishing and hiking, but the perks1 of his presidential office make his tastes appear rather less Spartan2.
俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔-普京一直把自己塑造成享受简单追求的男性形象，比如喜欢钓鱼和远足，但俄总统办公室的福利使他的品位看起来没这么简单。
A
dossier（档案，卷宗） drawn3 up by a political rival of the Russian president suggests that he has 58 planes and helicopters at his use, that he has a collection of watches worth £400,000, and that he relaxes at more than 20 palaces and country retreats.
The report also claims that Mr Putin uses an Ilyushin jet with a £111.3 million cabin that includes a bathroom that has gold fittings and a £50,000
lavatory4.
Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister, concluded in his report that Mr Putin's existence "can be compared with that of the
monarchs5 of the Persian
Gulf6 or the most
outrageous7 oligarchs（寡头政治的统治者）".
The Russian leader, 59, has often played on his
humble8 beginnings to popular effect. He once described how, as a child, he had to beat aside rats with a stick at the entrance to his parents'
communal9 apartment in St Petersburg.
Mr Putin, a
judo10 black belt and amateur ice hockey player, has also projected his job as a punishing challenge
fraught11 with austerity. Mr Nemtsov's report is titled "The Life of a
Galley12 Slave", in reference to a comment by Mr Putin on finishing his second term as president in 2008, when he said: "I'm not ashamed before the citizens who voted for me. All these eight years I've been
toiling14 like a galley slave, with every ounce of my strength. And I'm pleased with the results."
Among the perks said to be available to the president are a £600 million Italianate palace at Gelendzhik on the Black Sea coast and a £26 milllion yacht called Sirius with whirlpool baths, a cinema and an artificial waterfall.
Another 176ft yacht includes a spa pool, waterfall and wine cellar, but "the real diamond of the Kremlin flotilla," the report claims, is a five-decked boat with a jacuzzi, barbecue, a
maple15 wood
colonnade16 and a bathroom faced in marble.
A 2,300-acre residence on Lake Valdai in north-western Russia has a cinema, a
bowling17 alley13 and a "presidential church", and it is said a little-known three-storey residence near Saratov, on the Volga river south-east of Moscow, has German chandeliers and Italian furniture, and features a billiard room, a winter garden, a pool and sauna.
According to his official income declaration Mr Putin earned £70,000 last year, making his suggested watch collection alone worth almost six times his annual salary.
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