Vladimir Putin created a “tsar’s village” of properties for his daughters and ex-wife around his official residence in an elite district west of Moscow, investigative reporters have claimed.

The luxury houses were financed via companies linked to Putin associates and Kremlin-friendly oligarchs, the Proekt reporting collective said. The four mansions and Putin’s residence, the Novo-Ogaryovo estate, are situated along the Rublevka highway, a wealthy neighborhood that is home to government officials, celebrities and tycoons.