LONDON -- Squatters have occupied the London mansion suspected of belonging to Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, who was placed on Britain's sanctions list last week, unfurling a Ukrainian flag and a banner saying 'This property has been liberated'.
"By occupying this mansion, we want to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine, but also the people of Russia who never agreed to this madness," said a statement from squatters, who described themselves as anarchists.A number of people gained entry and hung banners from upstairs windows, the police said in a statement. The police did not say who reported the incident.
Deripaska, who has stakes in En+ Group, a major extractives and energy company which owns UC Rusal RUAL.MM, one of the world's major aluminum producers, is worth an estimated 2 billion pounds and has a multi-million pound property portfolio in Britain, the British government said at the time. London High Court documents from 2007 identified Deripaska as the beneficial owner of the Belgrave Square mansion. A judge in a court case the year before said the property and another house he owned outside the capital, were then worth about 40 million pounds .
These oligarchs of Russia may just be the end of Putin when they see all their wealth being taken away.
Hopefully they squat in every room in tge house
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The devil
IMO: I would argue that these forfeitures are excessive, and violate International Law. Intended to punish person(s) by association, requires the presumption of innocence until found guilty, only after a fair trial. Until such time the 'Squatters' must be removed.
Weren't all these properties supposed to be seized or is it all a facade?
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