"The watch of the newly-wed Peskov costs more than your apartment," anti-corruption campaigner Navalny wrote in his online blog. "The happy groom has been working for the State since 1989, and couldn`t earn so many millions legally."
But the Russian President`s spokesman denied the wristwatch was evidence of corruption, saying it was a merely a wedding gift from his wife.
Peskov, 47, married Tatiana Navka, a former Olympic figure skater, at the weekend in a lavish ceremony at one of Russia`s most luxurious hotels, the Rodina or "Motherland," owned by billionaire oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
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