A woman holds a toilet brush as she takes part in an unauthorized rally in support of Russian opposition activist Alexey Navalny. Vitaly Nevar —TASS via Getty Images BY MADELINE ROACHE , Time JANUARY 29, 2021 2:37 PM EST T wo days after Alexey Navalny , head of Russia’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) was arrested on his return to Moscow from Berlin, he released a video expose that shocked Russians and people around the world. In the video , “Putin’s palace. History of the world’s largest bribe,” Navalny alleged that an opulent property near Gelendzhik, a town in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar, was constructed for Russian President Vladimir Putin with illicit funds of $1.35 billion, provided by members of his inner circle, and that Putin is the real owner of the palace. The palace’s features apparently include a port, a vineyard, a church, a casino, an underground hockey rink, and toilet brushes costing $850 a piece. “It is a separate state within Russia… And in this