# Leaked docs reveal Putin’s secret luxury train; Kremlin denies

2026-08-13T17:51:18+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk

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Leaked documents from the London-based Dossier Center, backed by exiled tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, reveal that Vladimir Putin's private train includes a luxury gym, beauty salon and Turkish steam bath, according to livemint.com. Carriage 021-78630, built in 2018, originally had Italian gym equipment later replaced with American machines despite the Ukraine war. The Kremlin denies the train exists, but documents tie construction to top security officials. A former FSO engineer who defected said Putin uses the train to avoid being tracked by radar. Amateur trainspotters call it the 'ghost train', identifying it by its two locomotives and white dome for communications.

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- livemint.com <https://www.livemint.com/news/world/russia-says-putin-s-secret-train-doesn-t-exist-leaked-docs-reveal-what-s-inside-beauty-salon-turkish-bath-and-more-11786637620590.html>

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