French authorities have put up for sale a luxurious mansion confiscated from the Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who died in 2013 and was an ardent opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
About this, as he writes “European Truth”reports The Local.
Berezovsky acquired the Château de la Garoupe on the Cote d’Azur in the 1990s, when Boris Yeltsin, the first president of post-Soviet Russia, was in power and the oligarch was considered one of the most powerful people in the country.
But the estate was confiscated by French authorities in 2015, two years after Berezovsky was found dead in his home in England under circumstances that have never been fully clarified. By that time, he had become an ardent opponent of Putin.
Built on the prestigious Cape d’Antibes by British industrialist and Member of Parliament Charles McLaren, this estate has a rich history linked to Pablo Picasso, Cole Porter and Ernest Hemingway.
The castle “represents an exceptional architectural and cultural heritage. Its acquisition provides a unique opportunity to own a prestigious residence steeped in history in a magical place,” the French agency Agrasc, which deals with confiscated assets, said in a statement.
Interested parties can express their interest from June 16 to July 17, and those who are identified as a potential buyer can apply from September.
The castle, as well as the neighboring Clocher (Belfry) de la Garoupe, also owned by Berezovsky, were confiscated after it was admitted that they were obtained from money laundering by the investment company Sifi and its leader Jean-Louis Bordes.
It was decided that they were acting as a front for Berezovsky.
Responding to the first complaint filed by Russia, it took the French authorities 10 years to unravel a complex history of purchases, including the purchase of the Château de la Garoupe in December 1996.
The Côte d’Azur has been popular among wealthy Russians since the days of visits by the imperial family at the turn of the century.
After the collapse of the USSR, it became a favorite vacation spot for the oligarchs of the Fed.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Western sanctions have made owning property and even entering France increasingly problematic for many Russians.
Recall that the Russian oligarch Sergei Naumenko filed a lawsuit in the High Court of England and Wales, demanding from the Ministry of Transport cancel the arrest of his 58.5-meter superyacht Phi worth £38 million (€43.5 million) and recover damages.
2023-06-02 17:06:52
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