Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron have spoken in a phone call for the first time in three years.

Dubbed Putin’s Palace, it has its own vineyard and 16 storeys of underground passageways buried in the rock, described as more ingenious than Dr No’s bunker.

Vladimir Putin has totally demolished one of his main palaces amid claims he is now scared to spend time at his favourite Black Sea boltholes that sit within range of Ukraine's kamikaze drones ...

Russia rocked by another drone onslaught close to Putin’s £1,000,000,000 palace The Tuapse oil refinery was directly hit (Picture: X) Large plumes of smoke were seen from miles away (Picture: X) ...

Putin, 72, shares the secret Valdai palace retreat, some 230 miles northwest of the Kremlin, with alleged secret lover Kabaeva and their sons Ivan, ten, and Vladimir junior, six.