Inside Putin's armored train with a high-tech beauty salon

The President of Russia even asked for 'buffering'

Vladimir Putin travels around Russia in an armored train equipped with a set of high-tech cosmetic gadgets that even the Kardashian families would envy.

Photos from inside the luxury train, discovered by investigators of the Russian Center news website « Dossier, revealed how seriously the Russian president takes his self-care regimen.

One of 22 interchangeable carriages, protected by armor capable of stopping sniper rifle bullets, houses a private gym, beautician's office, first-aid post, bar and cinema, photos and plans show.

The train reportedly for production , took at least 6.8 billion rubles (57.7 million pounds), there is also a Turkish spa known as a hammam.

Plan of Putin's train car

In 2017, the Russian company Zircon-Service, which manufactures special cars, was commissioned to manufacture a car for beauty. Zircon has shelved existing contracts and forced employees to work seven days a week and on public holidays to complete it, investigators say. .

Putin has been traveling by train more since the start of the war in Ukraine, reportedly due to fears that his personal life could have been shot down.

The Russian leader, who is said to be particularly concerned about his health, also travels with various life-saving equipment in a medical kit, including a ventilator and a defibrillator.

Another carriage made for the presidential train, includes a massage table and other beauty equipment, including an ultrasound therapy machine and a vacuum aspirator that promotes lymphatic drainage, a form of gentle massage.

Special instructions have been given to make this room soundproof and shielded from the outside to protect President from listening or surveillance.

The custom-made train cars have a range of cosmetic items… …as well as a private gym

The construction of the first carriages specially designed for Vladimir Putin began in 2004, during his first presidential term, and even the very first carriage intended for the president was richly furnished, trimmed with natural wood and decorated with state symbols.

< p >But the latest ones to be built contain the most luxurious additions, including the entertainment system, which had to be specially designed. The TV signal was interrupted when the car passed under the bridge, which led to the development of a new «buffering» system «so that Putin does not have to wait several minutes for the image to load,» according to the Dossier Center.

Typically, only 10 carriages are attached to the presidential train at a time, and the carriages were sometimes used by other high-ranking Russian figures.

The Dossier Center reported that one of Putin's custom carriages — specially adapted to transport luxury cars — was used by Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church when he visited Ukraine in 2010, taking two Cadillacs with him.

Luxury furniture everywhere,

Despite the fact that the Russian economy is suffering from Western sanctions imposed in connection with the war in Ukraine, orders for more luxurious presidential carriages continue to arrive.

Several documents show that orders for new carriages were signed in the middle -the end of 2022, after the invasion began, according to investigators.

The company is currently building a new sports and fitness car, which will cost at least 562.2 million rubles (4.8 million pounds), as well as two more cars.