In spotlessly-clean streets that weave between Cartier, Gucci and Louis Vuitton stores, mega-rich Russians stroll with their pampered pooches.
Far from the murderous cruelty destroying Ukrainian cities, the opulent Swiss lakeside idyll of Lugano is rumoured to be where Vladimir Putin’s lover has been holed up since her partner started his devastating invasion.
Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Alina Kabaeva - once described as “ Russia ’s most flexible woman“ - reportedly travelled to a “very private and very secure” chalet near here with the couple’s young children as the tanks rolled in.
