AL JAZEERA (Qatar)
MOSCOW – Vladimir Putin, the newly re-elected president of Russia, presents himself as a humble, down to earth man of average means. But rumors about his wealth, and the secrecy surrounding it, have been circulating for years, as far back as his time as deputy mayor of St. Petersburg in the early 1990s. This video from Al Jazeera looks at the hints of extreme wealth behind Russia’s most powerful man.