Russian emails appear to show ‘network’ holding $4.5bn assets linked to Putin

Exclusive: Questions over palaces, vineyards and yachts run by entities that appear to be part of a cooperative

• Russian palaces, villas and yachts linked to Putin by email leak - in pictures, maps and video

Palaces, yachts and vineyards reportedly provided to Vladimir Putin by friends and oligarchs can today be linked to what appears to be an informal network holding assets worth more than $4.5bn (3.7bn).

A digital paper trail appears to suggest that an array of holiday homes and other assets reportedly used by the Russian president, which according to available records belong to or have been owned by separate individuals, companies and charities, are linked through a common email domain name, LLCInvest.ru.